Apple TV+ may remain one of the most affordable stand-alone streaming services, but its competitors have started bundling to offer very compelling alternatives.
Today a new bundle of Disney+, Max, and Hulu has launched with a starting price of $16.99 per month.
Disney and Max join forces for new bundle
Back in May, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery jointly unveiled their upcoming bundle of Disney+, Max, and Hulu.
At the time, however, no pricing was announced.
Today, that TV streaming bundle is now available in the US. Here’s a pricing breakdown:
- Bundle with ads: $16.99/month
- Ad-free bundle: $29.99/month
Top comment by KJ705
It’s nice to not need to be profitable.
Until anti-trust regulators decide you can't, anyway. If Spotify was in video to any degree, we'd have already had a complaint registered with the EU that would be "under investigation."
The bundle with ads provides a savings of 34% over the standalone pricing, and the ad-free bundle boosts that to 38% savings.
9to5Mac’s Take
This bundle offers compelling savings for three of the best standalone streaming services there are. I plan to subscribe myself.
Disney and Warner’s willingness to pair up is evidence of just how dominant a foe Netflix is in the market.
Apple, meanwhile, can continue pouring tons of money into Apple TV+ because its primary revenue sources aren’t in TV+. Even though the company is reportedly trying to reign in budgets, its foundation as a hardware company means it’s still playing a different game entirely from these other companies. It’s nice to not need to be profitable.
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