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| From | Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.comp.sys.mac |
| Subject | Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans |
| Date | 2020-07-25 17:04 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <rfhomr$mob$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote: > On 25 Jul 2020 at 12:26:32 BST, "Andy Hewitt" <thewildrover@icloud.com> > wrote: > >> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote: >>> On 25 Jul 2020 at 10:43:10 BST, "Andy Hewitt" <thewildrover@icloud.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> They released For All Mankind an episode a week, so ... well who knows >>>>> but given Apple TV+'s relative dearth of material I'm sure they'll want >>>>> to spread Foundation out a bit. >>>> >>>> Yeah, it’s the lack of material that made me think it not such good value >>>> as a service at the moment. I can see it being abandoned in the not too >>>> distant future to be honest, it just isn’t coming anywhere near to Netflix >>>> or Amazon Prime (even without the ‘unlimited’ extra subscription), as a >>>> value for money service. >>> >>> The others have one or two decades more backlog. It adds up. >>> >>> Subbing for a month occasionally and slurping down all the things you want to >>> watch is a way to go. >> >> Yeah, that’s pretty much how I use the others anyway, swapping between them >> as mood and new releases dictate. >> >> Although I’ve not used NowTV as much lately, their prices have rocketed >> upwards, and don’t offer as much value (IMHO). > > NowTV is (or has been for the last few years) a regular sweetener offer when > changing mobile phone contracts, if that's any help. Which is funny when the > mobile contract is cheaper than a NowTV sub would be... > > Cheers - Jaimie Really? Not arguing, but I’ve never seen it in contracts at this prices. Movies and Entertainment is pushing on at £22 a month now (for similar content to Netflix or Prime at less then £10), but most half reasonable contracts start around that. Of course if you include the entire collection of Passes, yeah, it does add up I suppose. My guess is they’re trying to push people into full Sky Q contracts. -- Andy H
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OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-23 16:02 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2020-07-23 17:59 +0100
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2020-07-23 10:35 -0700
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2020-07-23 10:37 -0700
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-07-23 20:28 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Flavio Matani <flavio_matani@mac.com> - 2020-07-29 20:06 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2020-07-29 13:34 -0700
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2020-07-23 18:47 +0100
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-23 20:36 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2020-07-23 22:12 +0100
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-23 23:03 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-23 17:17 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2020-07-24 09:50 +0100
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2020-07-24 06:56 +0100
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2020-07-24 14:21 +0100
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-24 15:18 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2020-07-24 17:14 +0100
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-24 17:21 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2020-07-25 08:50 +0100
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 09:43 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-25 09:56 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 11:26 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-25 16:00 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 17:04 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2020-07-25 19:27 -0400
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-26 06:48 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Flavio Matani <flavio_matani@mac.com> - 2020-07-29 20:09 +0000
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2020-07-25 19:37 -0400
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2020-07-26 00:44 +0100
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2020-07-25 22:27 -0400
Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Flavio Matani <flavio_matani@mac.com> - 2020-07-29 20:10 +0000
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