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On 2024-12-30 23:21:53 +0000, super70s said:
> On 2024-12-30 19:54:41 +0000, Your Name said:
>> 
>> 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/> 
>> 
> 
> Looks like the Apple app is available on Roku.
> 
> Speaking of free trials I don't know what happened to free HBO/Cinemax 
> previews, I haven't had one since Nov. 2022.
> 
> But Apple's TWO WHOLE DAYS! The HBO previews were supposed to last for 
> a week but would go on for 10 days or so before my provider finally got 
> around to turning it off. Two days isn't even worth fooling with (I can 
> only imagine the hassle you'd have to go through to set it up from 
> scratch).

Sky TV in New Zealand (and presumably Australia) occasionally offers 
subscribers of the basic packages free access to the pay-extra movie 
channels. They did that recently for a free month, which in reality 
lasted about a week longer.

Such deals can be quite good for movies (I think we recorded about half 
a dozen), but limited free access for regular TV shows can often not be 
worth it because you see the first couple of episodes and then they get 
stuck back behind the pay-extra wall.