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Apple Music Now Costs $11.99 as Apple Increases Subscription Prices

Apple today increased the price of Apple Music and some Apple One subscription bundles. An individual ‌Apple Music‌ subscription is now $1 more expensive in the United States, going from $10.99 to $11.99 per month.

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Pricing on the ‌Apple Music‌ Family plan increased by $3, increasing from $16.99 to $19.99. Student pricing is up $1, with the plan now priced at $6.99.

The price of the individual ‌Apple One‌ plan hasn't changed, but the Family and Premier plans have gone up $2. The Family plan is now $27.95 per month and the Premier plan is $39.95 per month. Apple has also raised prices in Brazil and many other countries.

In a statement to Music Business Worldwide, Apple said it was raising prices due to the "result of rising licensing costs." ‌Apple Music‌ prices were last increased in October 2022.

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Top Rated Comments

MacUserFella Avatar
16 weeks ago
Since when do subscriptions use RAM?!
Score: 79 Votes (Like | Disagree)
turbineseaplane Avatar
16 weeks ago
The locally stored files of my highly curated iTunes library continue to win!
Score: 78 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
16 weeks ago

Brave browser will play YouTube videos ad-free and easily saved for offline use. Why pay for music?
Because the artists need to live???
Score: 45 Votes (Like | Disagree)
turbineseaplane Avatar
16 weeks ago

100%.
I had a few trial a few years back and the "suggestions" were horrible...

And this increase comes as no surprise...
And the increases won’t stop!

Best time to quit is yesterday, and the second best time is today.
Score: 40 Votes (Like | Disagree)
turbineseaplane Avatar
16 weeks ago

I don't understand, but I blame Scam Altman regardless.
Really no need to blame anybody other than Apple.

The plan with Services has always been to get people hooked and then start turning the screws.

That’s the entire business model…. Endlessly increasing recurring revenue.
Score: 31 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
16 weeks ago

And the increases won’t stop!

Best time to quit is yesterday, and the second best time is today.
Ripping my vinyls and CDs almost 20 years ago was a good choice...
Score: 31 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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