So they make too many good shows, and good shows are expensive and people claim Apple is wasting money making all this content.
So, that all means that the price is too high. They should lower it, not raise it. That’s the logic here? Or do you think the previous price was optimal for the long haul?
This isn’t exactly like Netflix. Or mismanaged like all the Discovery Warner shit.
Maybe we should be advocating for federated, community produced content instead. Right?
I understand prices going up generally sucks. But sometimes it has logic to it? I dunno. I just can’t quite square everything with how people talk about tv shows here. It reminds me that many people in the industry privately know that the whole TV industry is a broken model. It’s unsustainable, end to end across the board. Yet we demand being able to access every single bit of it, for pennies an episode.
Don’t get me wrong, I have a plex server myself. I participate on both sides of the situation. I just find people so absolutist about feeling they have the right to it all… illogical.
But yes, it’s time to remove all of Apple’s products from your life because their high quality TV offerings got a bit more expensive.
And yes, it’s crazy we debate these things on behalf of the biggest corporations in the world.
So, that all means that the price is too high. They should lower it, not raise it. That’s the logic here? Or do you think the previous price was optimal for the long haul?
Well with these products that cost the producer effectively zero for each additional sold, the optimum price for the producer, if they’re forced to charge everyone the same price (ignoring the strategy of price discrimination for now), is whatever price maximizes subscribers x price. It is probable that $5/month will get more people to subscribe, especially the type of person who tends to subscribe for a few months at a time and cancels once they’ve exhausted what they want to watch. Whether that would be enough to make up for the lower price is less clear, but they should probably model that for each price they’re considering.
Also, with price discrimination as a pricing strategy, the higher base price gives more maneuverability to try to maximize subscribers with discounts while still charging the most of the less price sensitive. And that’s what I think is going on here: using bundles and discounts (like free months of subscription with each physical Apple device you buy, or certain credit card perks where cardholders get credit from their bank for those subscriptions), and a higher base price to make those perks seem more valuable.
Might be time for !deapple@piefed.social
So they make too many good shows, and good shows are expensive and people claim Apple is wasting money making all this content.
So, that all means that the price is too high. They should lower it, not raise it. That’s the logic here? Or do you think the previous price was optimal for the long haul?
This isn’t exactly like Netflix. Or mismanaged like all the Discovery Warner shit.
Maybe we should be advocating for federated, community produced content instead. Right?
I understand prices going up generally sucks. But sometimes it has logic to it? I dunno. I just can’t quite square everything with how people talk about tv shows here. It reminds me that many people in the industry privately know that the whole TV industry is a broken model. It’s unsustainable, end to end across the board. Yet we demand being able to access every single bit of it, for pennies an episode.
Don’t get me wrong, I have a plex server myself. I participate on both sides of the situation. I just find people so absolutist about feeling they have the right to it all… illogical.
But yes, it’s time to remove all of Apple’s products from your life because their high quality TV offerings got a bit more expensive.
And yes, it’s crazy we debate these things on behalf of the biggest corporations in the world.
Well with these products that cost the producer effectively zero for each additional sold, the optimum price for the producer, if they’re forced to charge everyone the same price (ignoring the strategy of price discrimination for now), is whatever price maximizes subscribers x price. It is probable that $5/month will get more people to subscribe, especially the type of person who tends to subscribe for a few months at a time and cancels once they’ve exhausted what they want to watch. Whether that would be enough to make up for the lower price is less clear, but they should probably model that for each price they’re considering.
Also, with price discrimination as a pricing strategy, the higher base price gives more maneuverability to try to maximize subscribers with discounts while still charging the most of the less price sensitive. And that’s what I think is going on here: using bundles and discounts (like free months of subscription with each physical Apple device you buy, or certain credit card perks where cardholders get credit from their bank for those subscriptions), and a higher base price to make those perks seem more valuable.