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MacStories Weekly: Issue 525 - August 14, 2026

Should Apple Introduce an Ad Tier to Apple TV?

Jonathan
Image: Tony Avelar/AP/REX/Shutterstock.

Image: Tony Avelar/AP/REX/Shutterstock.

When Apple TV, née Apple TV+, launched in November 2019, the original price was $4.99/month – or, conveniently for us regular Apple device buyers, free for a year with the purchase of certain Apple hardware. At the time, the price was almost a little too high, considering the service only started with eight series (of...

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Jonathan Reed
Jonathan is a freelance graphic designer. As well as being a long-time Apple user he is a huge film and television aficionado and is very interested in the intersection between the two mediums and technology. He lives in London with his wife and daughter and is writing his bio in the third person.
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