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John Ternus, Apple's incoming CEO, just signaled no retreat from services. A hardware engineer by trade, he told employees last week there's "so much more opportunity there."...

Smart Glasses’ Hidden Catch: Berlin Model’s Subscription Gambit Tests Buyer Tolerance

L’Atitude 52°N, a startup from former OnePlus engineers, pitches its Berlin smart glasses as the perfect travel companion. At $399, they pack a 12-megapixel camera, 32GB stor...

Meta’s Quiet Subscription Bet: WhatsApp Plus and Instagram Plus Test the Limits of Free Messaging

WhatsApp users in select markets now see a new option. A paid tier called WhatsApp Plus. For about €2.49 a month, it promises chat themes, custom icons, and more pinned conve...

Netflix’s Global Pricing Puzzle: Why Subscribers in Asia and Latin America Pay Half What Americans Do

Netflix subscribers don't all pay the same. Far from it. In the U.S., the average revenue per user hit $17.26 in Q4 2024, more than double the $7.34 from Asia-Pacific. Latin...

Google’s Tactical 50% YouTube Premium Cut for One Subscribers Stirs Subscription Wars

Google just tossed a bone to its highest-paying storage customers. Starting April 15, a limited-time deal slashes YouTube Premium by half for 12 months—but only if you're on...

YouTube Keeps Raising Prices Because It Knows You Won’t Cancel

YouTube Premium is getting more expensive again. The individual plan in the United States is climbing from $13.99 to $14.99 per month, while the family plan jumps from $22.99...

OpenAI’s Pricing Ladder: From Free to $200 a Month, the Economics of Selling Intelligence

OpenAI has built something unusual in the history of software pricing: a five-tier structure that ranges from zero dollars to two hundred dollars per month, with an enterpris...

Anthropic Pulls the Plug on OpenClaw: The Quiet War Over Who Gets to Resell AI

Anthropic has cut off OpenClaw, a third-party service that sold discounted access to Claude AI subscriptions, in a move that signals the company's growing intolerance for una...

Netflix Told to Pay Back Italian Customers for Years of Stealth Price Hikes — And Europe Is Watching

A court in Rome has ruled that Netflix must reimburse Italian subscribers for price increases imposed between 2017 and 2023 without proper consent. The decision, which could...

The iTunes Blueprint: How a 99-Cent Song Built Apple’s $100 Billion Services Empire

Twenty-three years ago, Apple convinced the music industry to let customers buy individual songs for 99 cents. It was, at the time, a radical proposition — one that cannibali...

T-Mobile Ties Device Discounts to Premium Plans Amid Market Shifts

T-Mobile has recently made adjustments to how it handles discounts on smartphones and other devices, sparking discussions among customers and industry observers. These modificat...

Your New Vizio TV Won’t Work Properly Unless You Hand Over Your Data to Walmart

Buy a Vizio television in 2026, plug it in, and try to use its smart features. You'll hit a wall — specifically, a Walmart account login screen. No account, no apps. No strea...

AT&T’s Quiet Price Hike: How Another $3 a Month Reveals the Wireless Industry’s Inflation Playbook

AT&T is raising prices again. Starting in April 2026, the carrier will tack on an additional $3 per month to each line on its unlimited wireless plans, a move that will hit m...

AT&T’s $12-a-Line Price Hike on Legacy Plans Is a Calculated Bet That Longtime Customers Won’t Leave

AT&T is raising prices again. Not on its newest plans — on the old ones, the ones millions of customers have clung to for years precisely because they were cheaper. Starting...

The Washington Post Is Using Reader Data to Set Subscription Prices. Here’s What That Means.

The Washington Post is experimenting with dynamic pricing for its digital subscriptions — adjusting what readers pay based on behavioral data the paper collects about them. I...

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