Apple has increased the term of its free trial for Apple News+ from one to three months, for first-time subscribers in the United States and Canada. The deal is going through Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend only.
How's Apple News+ doing since its launch earlier this year? While Apple hasn't gone out of its way to confirm anything on its own, the comments from others certainly depicts a less than stellar running.
It feels like forever ago that Apple launched Apple News+, one of its latest subscription services that collects a variety of news services and magazines in one spot.
Apple is not against bundles, both on the hardware/software and software/software fronts, and it sounds like the company may be planning to launch a new option next year.
In March of 2018, Apple acquired the digital magazine subscription service Texture. In March of this year, Apple launched its replacement: Apple News+. But it turns out some publishers aren't too pleased with the change.
Apple purchased Texture, a digital reading service that offered a variety of magazines and more for a set monthly fee, back in March of 2018. The company was quick to fold that company's features into its own idea, launching Apple News+ for $10 per month a year later. But for the new service to live, the old one must die.
Apple's magazine and newspaper subscription service has been meet with criticism following its March debut. Despite providing an all-you-can-eat access to more than 300 digital publications for just ten bucks per month, people scoffed at its sloppy user interface and visual inconsistencies. Apple has fixed some of those pain points with iOS 12.3 and macOS 10.14.5, issuing a press release today to tell the world about the fixes like a much-needed Follow button.
Apple agreed to pay nearly $500 million to purchase digital magazine subscription service Texture, according to a new report from The New York Post. The acquisition was first announced a year ago, and last month Apple launched its News+ service largely based on the Texture platform.