If you haven't been closely following the world of streaming media, you may have missed the major changes in the past year. Following a particularly bad financial quarter at Netflix, the entertainment industry collectively decided they were done spending huge sums of money to establish new streaming services.
The gold rush is over and the rules have changed. One of the biggest changes is that Netflix, which for years refused to even consider offering advertising on its platform, instead announced it would add a discounted version of its service...with commercials (fave.co/40QCdFj). And the results are in: Netflix already makes more money from a subscriber who's viewing its ad-laden version than it does from a subscriber who's signed up for a more expensive ad-free tier.
If you don't like ads on your internet video, this is bad news because it means you'll need to pay even more to keep the ads at bay. But for Apple, it's an opportunity and a data point that might make the company question its overall video strategy.
THE ECOSYSTEM GAME
Right now, Apple TV+ has only one tieryou pay (either directly or via a bundle like Apple One or Apple's deal with T-Mobile), and you get access to an ad-free 4K video service with all of Apple's programs on it.
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Hot Stuff
What we're raving about this month
PATAGONIA REFUGIO DAYPACK 26L: GREAT ALL-AROUND EVERYDAY BACKPACKS
Studying in the morning, shopping in the afternoon, sports in the evening, traveling to your parents on the weekend-if a backpack can handle all of this, it's perfect for a student. But the Patagonia Refugio Daypack 26L is great for anyone who's always on the go, whether it's for work or play.
LEATHER SLEEVE FROM MANUEL DREESMANN: QUALITY, LUXURY LEATHER MACBOOK SLEEVE
In some ways the modern working-fromhome trend means we don't need to think about protecting our MacBooks as much, since they tend to stay put on a desk at home. But on those occasions when we need to cart a laptop into the office, pack it in a suitcase, or add it to carry-on luggage, the need to protect it from bumps and scrapes should be paramount.
OWC EXPRESS 1M2: SSDS DON'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS
The OWC Express 1M2 makes a striking first impression with its cooling-fin design. The cooling fins alone account for around half of the overall height of this external SSD. Good cooling is extremely important, especially for fast NVMe SSD drives.
SAMSUNG M8 SMART MONITOR (M80D): AN 32-AFFORDABLE INCH DISPLAY WITH 4K RESOLUTION
Samsung's M8 Smart Monitor has been on our list of the Best Mac Monitors (fave.co/435WylB) ever since it first launched back in 2022, as it provides an attractive 32-inch monitor with 4K resolution at a far lower price than Apple's expensive 27-inch Studio Display (fave.co/4eU1x57).
