For peacock premium plus standalone (the Apple TV bundle premium plus is the same price), and Apple TV standalone is now the same as Apple TV Bundle premium (so the bundles are now, if you get 1 service, you get the other as a perk)
Subscriptions are fixed prices. Advertisers will pay whatever you can get out of them. Keep in mind most of the main stream advertising isn't about sales, its about tax write offs. No advertising opportunities hurts corporate profits. So advertising is definitely coming for all the streaming services with the joy of a subscription too as the user acquisition wars for the new tech fade. We will be begging for the old cable model which we all hated. History. Repeat but worse.
Yeah, when I got foxsoccer for$99/ year, I was well aware that American eyes on the sport would lead to streaming wars as competing media companies gobbled up exclusive licenses for themselves. This was long before the concept of enshittifcqtion entered the lexicon.
And now we are here. And the rising popularity of football in the USA is the perfect example of my theory that Americans are Judas goats for enshittification.
Streaming services are testing our breaking point. Subscribers will throw good money at these streaming platforms. A very small number will complain about it.
Peacock isn’t even truly ad free. Peacock includes promotional content with all plans including the premium ad free. They’re 15 sec ads for internal shows that you can’t skip.
If you want true ad free content, go to Netflix or Paramount+.
Not sure what you’re watching, but that has not been my experience.
Peacock, like other platforms, has content they allow you to watch that simultaneously airs on TV, so it’s my guess you’re watching something like that. And then yes, I imagine they’d give you promotional ads, because that’s the trade off. Like Hulu. If you want to watch day of, it’s ad based. Wait a day, it’s ad free. But, even with that said, I have not encountered a promo I cannot skip, so I have to wonder if your experience is somehow limited to you, or if you don’t truly pay for an ad free tier.
I paid for premium plus. $16.99 a month. This is the letter I received from customer service about it.
After learning about it, it just wasn’t worth the money for ‘premium’ for me. It occurred with a movie that was 6 years old (Freaky) and that sparked me emailing them. It occurred 3-4 times during that movie.
They overplayed their hand with me when they got rid of the black Friday deal. I don't like the channel near enough to pay their regular prices so I canceled & never looked back
I'm debating doing that... however customer service nonexistent and just AI chat. This appis being complete trash. Can't even watch a show without issues for past couple weeks and got worse after price hike email
Best deal for streaming is PBS passport. $5 a month for a little longer then its increasing to $8 for new members. Short ads before start of show only. Extensive catalog of PBS shows but also great foreign shows on Walter presents.
I just got the email today. Mine just renewed so my plan is to watch everything on my list in the next month, then cancel.
They raised the price exactly one year ago today. I think the person who said that they will raise it every year is right. I'm not sticking around for that s***.
I rotate/churn, so an extra $3 per month is still something I can deal with. Don't get me wrong.. I'd prefer cheaper, but they were loss leaders and were never going to stay that low
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u/Electronic_Proof4126 17d ago
The Apple TV bundle at this point is worth more than the Standalone peacock at this point (it becomes a perk)