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I felt their library catalog is lackluster compared to other streaming services. The contents I want to watch are usually buy, rent or with supplemental subscription. They have a reasonable tv shows selections but most of them seems to be Apple Original. Their movie catalog is very lacking, not sure if it is a specific genre (Horror) seems non-existent or require to buy, rent or other subs instead of including with Apple TV+.

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The beauty of their streaming service is that it's incredibly simple to pause your subscription. We do it all the time. When something shows up that we want to watch, we subscribe with one click. When we finish it, we unsubscribe with one click.

I agree with you. My comment is an response to their price hike. Usually when it comes to price hike, there are justification for it. My point is that Apple don't have a justification to increase their subscription pricing because they don't includes many things in the catalog without paying extra. The sub includes Apple Originals which is not wrong with that, it feels they should include more than their original contents to get a better deal out of their subscription.

That is exactly what Apple TV+ is – Apple Originals, basically exclusively, and why it has historically been priced cheaper than other streaming services. They have explicitly not been trying to build up a catalog of non-owned movies and shows. The movies and shows you say are available to buy and rent are not in fact a part of the Apple TV+ service, but are browsable in to the Apple TV app.

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