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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.

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

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Top Rated Comments

turbineseaplane Avatar
3 hours ago at 11:25 am
The locally stored files of my highly curated iTunes library continue to win!
Score: 35 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MacUserFella Avatar
3 hours ago at 11:25 am
Since when do subscriptions use RAM?!
Score: 33 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
3 hours ago at 11:29 am

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: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
turbineseaplane Avatar
3 hours ago at 11:28 am

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: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
3 hours ago at 11:31 am

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: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
3 hours ago at 11:29 am
******tification continues
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)