I succumbed and tried the free weekend of Apple+ streaming channel over the weekend.
Results: first hurdles encountered on getting a necessary Apple ID because, I guess, I didn't use the 'right' browser - at first it tried to force a membership on my and after 2,3 more tries I got my free weekend.
Homepage is well done, so are play, pause, forward, etc functions.
I was told to enjoy free everything -
The first two movies I wanted to see had instead of a play button a
'how to watch' button...
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that button pressed told me that unless I paid for it on an apple device I wasn't going to see it.
That's not a good advert but reminded me of the:
'You have an update'
Windows user: 'oh no!'
Apple user: 'How much?'
Android user: 'Yay!'
So Apple, I'm not getting a subscription where then I pay for most good movies (even older ones) on top of it.
I'm watching a lot of Korean content at the moment and in comparison what came out of Hollywood was meh, a lot of very old actors and few good plots.
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@Antigrav Once upon a time, these free offers just worked. Now they’re so fraught with hurdles that I don’t even bother trying them out anymore, lest I get locked into some paid subscription I don’t want and can’t afford.
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