Which apple services do you find value in?

eldergeek

eldergeek

eldergeek

Associate
Joined
18 May 2014
Posts
583
Location
The UK.
Admittedly i tend to be a little contrarian but i enjoy the recommendations algorithm more on apple music than I did on spotify, Apple TV has been nothing but consistently great for sci fi content in particular for me and in an effort to de-google my life (ask me how that's going!) I thought to get extra storage on iCloud - given all of that, i thought I'd just go all in and get apple one, and I haven't been disappointed so far. admittedly I don't tend to use things like fitness or arcade, but I also find that i read a lot more threw news than I did previously. Which services do you use? Do you consider it to be a service you should probably seriously consider bolting onto your mac ownership in the way that android integrates a need for google drive into android?
 
I keep being tempted with Apple One but we currently have a Spotify Family plan and a few non-Apple people in the family. I've got the 3 month trial offer for News and Music so might give them ago and see if it sways me
 
I have Apple One Premier but the only services I actually use (at the moment) are Apple Music and iCloud+. I'd like to start using Apple Fitness but haven't built up the motivation yet. I share the plan with my Mum though so that works out well.
 
vail3r said:
I keep being tempted with Apple One but we currently have a Spotify Family plan and a few non-Apple people in the family. I've got the 3 month trial offer for News and Music so might give them ago and see if it sways me
Click to expand...
I actually ended up preferring apple music purely because teh recommendations for my tastes in music are more accurate. I think android has an apple music app? could be worth seeing if the family enjoys it?
 
Music for us. Also the integration between all our Apple devices. Finally Apple TV- the quality is one the best out there
 
There seem to be enough free AppleTV offers throughout the year that we haven't had to pay for it yet.

I'm using Apple Music again, but on a free offer. I'll probably end up paying for it, though, as I now prefer it to Spotify and it has a lot of Dolby Atmos tracks.
 
I don’t get value from Apple one.

I’m just subbed to

iCloud + 200gb
Apple music
Apple TV + (free trial)

I get so many free trials of Apple TV + I don’t think I’ve really ever paid for it.
I purchase movies from the Apple Store as well cheap, for example yesterday was mega movie weekend, The Fall Guy (DV/Atmos) £3.99, as well as many other older movies in 4k/hdr for similar price.
 
Apple One Premier user here, covers my wife and I and we use it very heavily:

Apple Music - both, heavily. Since Tesla started to support it natively in the car even more so. We also have Homepods dotted around the house.
Apple News - both, but she uses it more for the magazines (Good Food Magazine, etc - we cancelled our physical subs and use this now)
Apple TV - both. But could live without it as we still have a couple of other streaming services.
Apple Fitness+ - I could live without this as I use Zwift mainly, but she absolutely loves it. I do like the rowing workouts.
Apple Arcade - I occasionally use this but I could live without it as I'm far more of a PC gamer than a mobile gamer. Though I should probably look at whats on offer on the Mac now.
iCloud+ - both use this heavily. Photo storage especially, cloud file storage, device backups, and I use iCloud Custom Domains for my email.

Overall, its well worth it for us - though if they put the price up again I'll consider splitting it out and taking only the bits I really need.
 
£2.99 a month for iCloud+. I have been thinking for some time now to offload my photos and videos and not pay for this service, but it's the convenience of it that keeps me locked in.
 
I would like move to Apple Music, but me wife won't have it. We have a Spotify on a Duo Plan. I don't think apple have a plan like that, lts either a single or family plan.
 
vail3r said:
I keep being tempted with Apple One but we currently have a Spotify Family plan and a few non-Apple people in the family. I've got the 3 month trial offer for News and Music so might give them ago and see if it sways me
Click to expand...
Got mine via sharesub if you’re willing to go down that route, pay just under £5 a month for Apple One.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom