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Apple TV Plus Is Free This Weekend (theverge.com)

(Monday December 30, 2024 @05:40PM (BeauHD) from the unproductive-weekends dept.)


In a [1]press release today, Apple said their TV Plus subscription service [2]will be free this weekend (January 3 through January 5). From the press release:

> Apple TV+ is ringing in the New Year by offering an all-access pass to customers all around the world. Enjoy Apple TV+ for free the first weekend of 2025 (January 3 through January 5), Apple TV+ will be free on any device where Apple TV+ is available. All you need is an Apple ID to see what all the buzz is about.

"A full weekend may be enough to binge some of Apple's top shows, [3]including Severance , which has its hotly anticipated season 2 launching on January 17th," notes The Verge's Umar Shakir. "The free days could also help potential subscribers get a taste of Apple's eclectic mix of sci-fi shows, such as the space race drama For All Mankind, postapocalyptic thriller Silo, and the Godzilla serial Monarch: Legacy of Monsters."



[1] https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2024/12/get-a-free-all-access-pass-to-apple-tv-the-first-weekend-of-2025/

[2] https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/30/24332085/apple-tv-plus-free-weekend-january-2025-offer

[3] https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/04/19/2145253/what-severance-gets-right-about-infantilizing-office-perks



Bingeworthy weekend. (Score:2)

by indytx ( 825419 )

If you've never had the service, there are some pretty good series to binge. I would start with Slow Horses and/or Ted Lasso, but For All Mankind is really good, too.

Wow - Free? (Score:2)

by 93 Escort Wagon ( 326346 )

It'd be worth it at twice that price!

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