Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Robin Miller Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [NEWS] Apple TV+ streaming free for two days Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:00:31 -0500 Lines: 76 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 7h1CJET6Ms+mZ9RESyFE5wuu+qyUuKsSdVX0aoqViSJM9QvN8R Cancel-Lock: sha1:ibEua4Ss8UPKdrLfgRhCzeV+TF8= sha256:weqo+gQ9+or7hNDUoKbT48xTevw2eMy6FHLtL6nzLbE= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.19 In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4187 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: >>>    >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> 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