Re: [NEWS] Apple TV+ streaming free for two days

On 2024-12-31 03:40:53 +0000, moviePig said:

On 12/30/2024 9:59 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

shawn wrote:

On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:03:36 -0500, Robin Miller
<robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Your Name wrote:

 The article keeps saying "three days", but Apple's Twitter / X post
actually only says "Jan 4-5".
       Apple TV+ Will Be Free to Stream for Three Days
     -----------------------------------------------
     Tech giant promotes free worldwide access to original titles
     including 'Severance,' 'Shrinking,' 'Ted Lasso,' 'The Morning
     Show' and more.
      Apple is hoping those who don't subscribe to Apple TV+ will
     ring in 2025 by binge-watching some of its original TV shows
     and movies - free for anyone with an Apple ID for three days.
      The full Apple TV+ catalog will be free to stream to users
     worldwide the first weekend of the year (from Friday, Jan. 3,
     to Sunday, Jan. 5), on on any device where the streaming
     service is available. All you need is an Apple ID and password
     to sign in for the free two-day weekend promotional period.
      The free promo is, of course, intended to drive people to sign
     up for Apple TV+ at the regular price: $9.99/month (or
     $99.99/year) in the U.S. Apple does not publicly disclose how
     many subscribers it has for Apple TV+, which it launched in
     November 2019.
      Apple touted a range of TV series available on the streaming
     service, including "Severance" (which returns for Season 2 on
     Jan. 17), the Emmy-winning "Ted Lasso" and "The Morning Show,"
     and others including "Silo," "Shrinking," "Bad Sisters,"
     "Slow Horses," "Disclaimer" and "Presumed Innocent." It also
     suggested users can "get your mind blown by celebrated sci-fi
     series" like "Dark Matter," "For All Mankind" and "Foundation."
      In addition, the Apple TV+ lineup includes family movies like
     "Fly Me to the Moon," starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing
     Tatum, and "The Family Plan," starring Mark Wahlberg and
     Michelle Monaghan; plus action-comedy "Wolfs" starring George
     Clooney and Brad Pitt, and "The Instigators" starring Matt
     Damon and Casey Affleck.
      Twitter / X post:
     <https://x.com/AppleTV/status/1873730763356795379>
  <https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/apple-tv-plus-free- streaming-1236262179/>

 The article on Apple's website says Friday through Sunday. Thanks! Has
season 2 of Silo fully unspooled yet?
 https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2024/12/get-a-free-all-access-pass- to-apple-tv-the-first-weekend-of-2025/

 Looks like it will be two to three weeks before the season is ended as
it's only on episode 7 of season 2.

 Thanks, Shawn. I won't hurry to catch it then if it hasn't been released in full.

 Anyone know why streamers do this weekly-dribble crap?  I can't imagine any viewer saying, "Oh good, I have to put the plot away for a week..."

So that the hardcore fans of a show who must see each episode the instant it is released have to pay more ... they pay for X weeks, rather than just one week to binge watch all the episodes.
Of course, it's only the ADHD youngster generation who are worried. Us oldies are well used to having new episodes broadcast only once per week.  :-p
(In fact, with the wacky broadcast method used in the USA, there often wasn't even a new episodes every week either.)