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From: Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Apple TV+ streaming free for two days
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:00:31 -0500
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Your Name wrote:
> On 2024-12-31 01:03:36 +0000, Robin Miller said:
>> Your Name wrote:
>>>
>>> The article keeps saying "three days", but Apple's Twitter / X post 
>>> actually only says "Jan 4-5".
>>>
>>>
>>>    Apple TV+ Will Be Free to Stream for Three Days
>>>    -----------------------------------------------
>>>    Tech giant promotes free worldwide access to original titles
>>>    including 'Severance,' 'Shrinking,' 'Ted Lasso,' 'The Morning
>>>    Show' and more.
>>>
>>>    Apple is hoping those who don't subscribe to Apple TV+ will
>>>    ring in 2025 by binge-watching some of its original TV shows
>>>    and movies - free for anyone with an Apple ID for three days.
>>>
>>>    The full Apple TV+ catalog will be free to stream to users
>>>    worldwide the first weekend of the year (from Friday, Jan. 3,
>>>    to Sunday, Jan. 5), on on any device where the streaming
>>>    service is available. All you need is an Apple ID and password
>>>    to sign in for the free two-day weekend promotional period.
>>>
>>>    The free promo is, of course, intended to drive people to sign
>>>    up for Apple TV+ at the regular price: $9.99/month (or
>>>    $99.99/year) in the U.S. Apple does not publicly disclose how
>>>    many subscribers it has for Apple TV+, which it launched in
>>>    November 2019.
>>>
>>>    Apple touted a range of TV series available on the streaming
>>>    service, including "Severance" (which returns for Season 2 on
>>>    Jan. 17), the Emmy-winning "Ted Lasso" and "The Morning Show,"
>>>    and others including "Silo," "Shrinking," "Bad Sisters,"
>>>    "Slow Horses," "Disclaimer" and "Presumed Innocent." It also
>>>    suggested users can "get your mind blown by celebrated sci-fi
>>>    series" like "Dark Matter," "For All Mankind" and "Foundation."
>>>
>>>    In addition, the Apple TV+ lineup includes family movies like
>>>    "Fly Me to the Moon," starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing
>>>    Tatum, and "The Family Plan," starring Mark Wahlberg and
>>>    Michelle Monaghan; plus action-comedy "Wolfs" starring George
>>>    Clooney and Brad Pitt, and "The Instigators" starring Matt
>>>    Damon and Casey Affleck.
>>>
>>>    Twitter / X post:
>>>    <https://x.com/AppleTV/status/1873730763356795379>
>>>
>>>
>>> <https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/apple-tv-plus-free-streaming-1236262179/> 
>>>
>>
>> The article on Apple's website says Friday through Sunday. Thanks! Has 
>> season 2 of Silo fully unspooled yet?
>>
>> https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2024/12/get-a-free-all-access-pass-to-apple-tv-the-first-weekend-of-2025/ 
>>
>>
>> --Robin
> 
> Even at the end of the video on that Apple webpage it says "January 
> 4-5". Maybe some people are getting confused *if* the legalese small 
> print says something like "midnight Friday to midnight Sunday", but that 
> really just means Saturday and Sunday.
> 
> Sorry, I don't know about Silo season 2. I haven't even started season 1 
> yet (it is on the very long and ever-growing list to try).
> 
> 
> 

Thanks. Silo happens to be one of the few Apple shows that I've watched, 
and I really liked season one.

--Robin