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bundle that includes everything
plus 2TB of iCloud storage for up
to 6 people. Granted, Apple News+
still isn’t great and I’d love to see a
stronger back-catalogue of shows
make their way to TV+, but I like the
moves Apple made in 2020. Grade: BJason Cross: This was a rough year
for Apple’s services. Apple One is the
bundle we always needed, but it’s
only a deal if you find most of Apple’s
services worth paying for, and I’m
not sure I do. News+ remains a poor
experience. Apple Arcade, once so
promising, has languished in large
part because of Apple’s steadfast
refusal to allow apps to be both sold inthe App Store and
listed in Arcade.
The only new
service this year
is Fitness+, and
it’s a fine set of
workout videos,
but that’s all it
really is. It doesn’t
do anything
innovative, it
doesn’t remind
or encourage
you to work
out, it doesn’t
do nutritional
tracking like MyFitnessPal... it just
feels too bare-bones.
Apple’s halo service seems to be
Apple TV+, which suffered from an
extreme lack of quality content this
year. Ted Lasso is a delight, but Apple
needs ten times the amount of new
content per year for people to find
enough good stuff to watch. Blame
COVID for ruining production, but I
very rarely found a reason to fire up
Apple TV+ this year. Grade: DRoman Loyola: In all, Apple One
is a good deal, but TV+, Fitness+,
News+ still feel like works in progress
that can be satisfying at times and
frustrating at others. Grade: CApple One is a good deal, but TV+, Fitness+, News+ still feel
like works in progress.100 Macworld • March 2021FEATURE
bundle that includes everything
plus 2TB of iCloud storage for up
to 6 people. Granted, Apple News+
still isn’t great and I’d love to see a
stronger back-catalogue of shows
make their way to TV+, but I like the
moves Apple made in 2020. Grade: BJason Cross: This was a rough year
for Apple’s services. Apple One is the
bundle we always needed, but it’s
only a deal if you find most of Apple’s
services worth paying for, and I’m
not sure I do. News+ remains a poor
experience. Apple Arcade, once so
promising, has languished in large
part because of Apple’s steadfast
refusal to allow apps to be both sold inthe App Store and
listed in Arcade.
The only new
service this year
is Fitness+, and
it’s a fine set of
workout videos,
but that’s all it
really is. It doesn’t
do anything
innovative, it
doesn’t remind
or encourage
you to work
out, it doesn’t
do nutritional
tracking like MyFitnessPal... it just
feels too bare-bones.
Apple’s halo service seems to be
Apple TV+, which suffered from an
extreme lack of quality content this
year. Ted Lasso is a delight, but Apple
needs ten times the amount of new
content per year for people to find
enough good stuff to watch. Blame
COVID for ruining production, but I
very rarely found a reason to fire up
Apple TV+ this year. Grade: DRoman Loyola: In all, Apple One
is a good deal, but TV+, Fitness+,
News+ still feel like works in progress
that can be satisfying at times and
frustrating at others. Grade: CApple One is a good deal, but TV+, Fitness+, News+ still feel
like works in progress.