GRcade

Do they actually make money off Apple TV.

They seem to forever be giving it away for free.

Only way I’ll probably get Apple TV is if they get the F1 rights, even then they’d have to wrestle the UK airing rights away from Sky, which may be unlikely.

Johnny Ryall wrote:Something tells me that would be bad for their bottom line Peter.

Screw the bottom line, I want more great Sci-Fi shows and Apple should spend all the money they have on them.

They can get The Expanse soon as the rights are being taken away from Amazon.

Peter Crisp wrote:The only good thing about Apple is Apple TV.

They should just become a TV only business.

I'm surprised you're not obsessed with their M1/2/3 machines given their gooseberry fool hot performance.

Mafro wrote:I'm surprised you're not obsessed with their M1/2/3 machines given their gooseberry fool hot performance.

The only apple device I've owned was a 2nd gen Ipod Touch.
The only computer I've had since my ancient PC 20 years ago is a chromebook and I'm not sure that counts.

I can't remember if I've asked this before, but whats the best ad blocker for MacOS?

Robbo-92 wrote:I can't remember if I've asked this before, but whats the best ad blocker for MacOS?

I’ve used ADB+ with Safari for years

Carlos wrote:

Robbo-92 wrote:I can't remember if I've asked this before, but whats the best ad blocker for MacOS?

I’ve used ADB+ with Safari for years

Thanks, I'lll give that a download.

New phone time, 15 Pro Max.

Phones are incremental now but still I appreciate the new build and 5x zoom and of course USB C

Natural Titanium is very pretty

I came across https://web.skyemu.app/ the other day. It’s a progressive web app GBA/GBC emulator for iOS that you can just add to your home screen like any other web app and run it offline. It loads files directly from ‘Files’. It does play DS games as well but not very quickly.

For those wanting more info: https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu?t ... me-ov-file

Due to their price increases, I'm going to leave Spotify and subscribe to Apple Music instead.

I am looking at their subscription costs and am a little confused as to what I can share with family.

My wife is refusing to leave Spotify and will just use it with adverts, which means the individual Apple One subscription (Cloud, Music, TV and Arcade) would be perfect for me, less than I'd be paying for Cloud storage & Spotify, plus added games and TV!

I get that on the individual plan that Music isn't something I can share, but would Apple Arcade count under family sharing?

Or would I need to get the £25 family version of Apple One to be able to share Arcade with my son?

You can’t share the Apple One Individual bundle, no. It’s not a discounted collection of the individual subscriptions it contains, but a single subscription that gives you access to the included services, if that makes sense.

You’re right that, when bought individually, some get free family sharing like Apple TV and Apple Arcade, while others need a family subscription like Apple Music. But you’d need the £25 tier to share the bundle with another family member

I’m on the top tier because I like the included Apple News+ and Fitness, but I’m a little annoyed at how often they seem to hike the price. It used to be £29.95 and now it’s almost £40 just through annual increases.

jiggles wrote:You can’t share the Apple One Individual bundle, no. It’s not a discounted collection of the individual subscriptions it contains, but a single subscription that gives you access to the included services, if that makes sense.

You’re right that, when bought individually, some get free family sharing like Apple TV and Apple Arcade, while others need a family subscription like Apple Music. But you’d need the £25 tier to share the bundle with another family member

Cheers, yeah that makes sense.

Looks like my son won't be getting free games.

Taken from the Apple website:

Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade always include Family Sharing, even in the Apple One Individual plan.

addsy087 wrote:Taken from the Apple website:

Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade always include Family Sharing, even in the Apple One Individual plan.

Awesome, it was already better value than Spotify, but that's brilliant. Thanks

My problem with Apple One is that I want Cloud, Arcade and Fitness, but wouldn’t use TV, Music or News. None of the plans make any sense for that.

addsy087 wrote:Taken from the Apple website:

Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade always include Family Sharing, even in the Apple One Individual plan.

Well that’s me tolt

It's annoying how good the sound quality on Apple Music is compared to Spotify. Probably the only thing does better and it's the biggest thing.

Mafro wrote:It's annoying how good the sound quality on Apple Music is compared to Spotify. Probably the only thing does better and it's the biggest thing.

I know, it sometimes surprises me when I listen to old tracks and hear details that just weren’t there before. I mean not just stuff that was on old cassettes or mini discs, but cds as well. The Spatial Audio is sometimes good but I find it inconsistent, but I guess that depends on the production choices by the creators.

Mafro wrote:It's annoying how good the sound quality on Apple Music is compared to Spotify. Probably the only thing does better and it's the biggest thing.

How easy is bringing your own audio files to Spotify these days then? Last I had it, it was a mess of having to add local files in the desktop app to a specific playlist, then manually syncing that playlist to your phone. While Apple Music lets you just add your music and it’s there for you to stream from the cloud as if the tracks are part of the service.