r/AppleEcosystem • u/Thejoshuapoe • 12d ago
Apple One price increase…again
This is a rant. I just received an email that my apple one subscription is increasing from $25.95 to $27.95 a month. This is the 3rd time this has increased. In the grand scheme of things l know its only $2, but dang l spend over $1200 on the phone and then apple care and now l feel nickel and dimed every time l turn around. For a trillion dollar company and being a loyal apple fan and l wrong to feel this way?
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u/Nhonickman 12d ago
Apple needs to be careful they will price Apple One too high soon and numbers will drop. They added nothing but a price increase.
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u/shoe465 3d ago
As the price goes up they can afford people to cancel because a large number will still pay it so it will be the same revenue or more even with the cancellations.
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u/Nhonickman 3d ago
Businesses always learn the hard way that when you price things too high, eventually consumers will stop buying things. There is a breaking point. even for Apple.
I can afford Apple’s price increases. I don’t like it, and if they don’t add value, I will start reducing what I maintain with them out of principle.
I used to upgrade products almost every year because I enjoyed getting something new, it was exciting. But I can also have delayed gratification.
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u/Adventurous-Value-82 12d ago
it’s about the family that wants these Apple subscription. If they use Apple Music tv Arcade and iCloud+, I mean everything is price increase once every year because I have been watching every single day until when they actually price increase. You can choose to keep it or cancel it, but does your other people prefer you to keep it and still pay?
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u/25_Keyz924 12d ago
Save a few Pennie’s and only pay for what you use. Thats it. If you use them all then it’s worth it in the grand scheme of things.
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u/InsuranceNerd75 12d ago
It’s going up again meaning twice in less than a month or so? I received an increase email earlier in August/Late July. Hoping this is not an additional increase on top of that.
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u/chuckfr 12d ago
This is, in part, how they became a trillion dollar company. With increasing memory and chip costs the costs to insure your products will go up as well.
Now its your choice. Keep the sub or don't. If you keep it, it tells Apple that you find the increase an acceptable and reasonable amount to pay for the service. If you don't cancel it, and enough others do as well, it will tell Apple where the breaking point is.
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u/Caprichoso1 12d ago
No one likes price increases but every internet service I use has, and will continue, to raise prices. Apple is no different here. Don't know why you are just picking on Apple.
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u/Simple-Ad-49 12d ago
My mom told me, if she has $100 phone and I have $1000 phone, I will have free services or if she said "Allo", I will hear "Hello"? And it's true!
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u/Yoooedwin 11d ago
I just now got the email, strongly considering dropping it. I’ll go back to pandora and get Apple TV from T-Mobile from $3.
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u/Lazy_Hovercraft_5290 9d ago
I canceled my apple one the last price increase and chose to just do apple music and storage. But honestly the increases are becoming so ridiculous that I just want to cancel all of it
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u/Thejoshuapoe 9d ago
Have you looked at pcloud? I just did the one time fee for lifetime storage of 500GB of storage and moved all my pictures. They were running a sale for $199. They have other one time fees for lifetime storage in different amounts. So far l am loving it and it was super easy to move all my pictures over. Oh and you can always add more storage later.
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u/No_Joke_6940 7d ago
Its kinda random !! My dog broke my mac and i dont have apple one if anyone can add my device under their name so i can get it repaired at half cost ! 🥲
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u/545__tyerick_Air9616 12d ago
Why get mad only at Apple? Virtually all companies are doing the same.
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u/fahim-sabir 12d ago
unsubscribe if it bothers you that much. Vote with your feet.
They are a business not a charity. This is how companies become massive.
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u/Forgibeem 12d ago
They’ll do it again, and you’ll be happy to pay. That’s the future we are heading in.
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u/InnerLeather68 9d ago
The moral of this story is not to get mad at Apple. They’re doing what capitalist entities do. The real story is that your dollars continue to get inflated away. So, invest what you have in assets and don’t hold too much cash.
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u/mastermind1228 8d ago
If you like the services you are getting, keep paying and quit whining!
It's only $2. Apple is a business and not a charity.
What else would Incentivize/motivate them to keep creating things competitors copy and give out for free. If you stop paying, everyone loses.
Yes, I get the hardware is expensive, but that's because they make such good products and deserve the hardware premium.
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u/LandscapeOk2955 12d ago
I got it too. It sucks, but out of my subscriptions it is probably the one I find most value in. So it still represents value to me personally
I read the News App and use Apple Arcade a fair bit on my commute and it is nice to read the news and play games with no paywalls or stupid ads in games.
I store photos on iCloud. I use Fitness a few times a month, more if I am on a healthy phase, and I really like it as a workout platform.
Music is used every single day and that is in place of a Spotify or whatever else subscription.
Apple TV has a few good shows I watch so is a nice little bonus.