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On 2024-12-31 03:40:53 +0000, moviePig said:
> On 12/30/2024 9:59 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
>> shawn wrote:
>>> On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:03:36 -0500, Robin Miller
>>> <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>> 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/
>>> 
>>> Looks like it will be two to three weeks before the season is ended as
>>> it's only on episode 7 of season 2.
>> 
>> Thanks, Shawn. I won't hurry to catch it then if it hasn't been 
>> released in full.
> 
> Anyone know why streamers do this weekly-dribble crap?  I can't imagine 
> any viewer saying, "Oh good, I have to put the plot away for a week..."

So that the hardcore fans of a show who must see each episode the 
instant it is released have to pay more ... they pay for X weeks, 
rather than just one week to binge watch all the episodes.

Of course, it's only the ADHD youngster generation who are worried. Us 
oldies are well used to having new episodes broadcast only once per 
week.  :-p
(In fact, with the wacky broadcast method used in the USA, there often 
wasn't even a new episodes every week either.)