I tend to watch very closely how much money I spend on subscriptions each month, especially now that prices for all commodities are rising. If I see that I can save 3 dollars per month (36 dollars per year), I pull the strings to make it a fact. That’s why the Apple One plans caught my attention early on for do some math and see if they worked for me
What the Apple One lacks: flexibility
Let’s put on the table the services I subscribe to:
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iCloud+ with 50 GB of storage: 0.99 dollars per month.
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Spotify Premium (package between six people): 2.67 dollars per month.
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Apple Fitness+: still 9.99 dollars.
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Apple TV+: 4.16 dollars per month (I pay 49.99 dollars per year to save a little)
This makes a total of 17.81 dollars spent per month between monthly and annual payments. On the other hand, Apple One offers me the following for 14.95 dollars per month:
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AppleTV+
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Apple Music
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iCloud+ with 50 GB
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apple arcade
Sounds good, but Apple Fitness isn’t counted in there pack and it must be added separately: 14.99 + 9.99 make a total of 24.98 dollars per month. They are 7.17 dollars per month more than I pay. Apple Premium includes Apple Fitness but that makes the problem even worse by costing $28.95 per month. Also, this plan includes 2TB of space in iCloud+, which I don’t need at all.
And that makes me think: what if you could have Apple Fitness+ on a basic Apple One plan by combining it in some way? Maybe then he would convince me to take the step. Or maybe an Apple Premium plan, but having the option to remove Apple Arcade (I don’t need that at all) and reduce the 2TB of iCloud+ to 50 or at most 200GB.
In other words, Apple One plans may require some flexibility to be able to convince more people. Otherwise, more plan options to further customize our pack of subscriptions and make it tailor-made. That would be a compelling reason to absorb Spotify users like me and keep them loyal to Apple.
