F1 household reach has declined since Apple TV move, per report
www.usatoday.com
F1's first season on Apple TV has brought lower U.S. household reach for nearly every race, according to data provided by analytics firm Samba.
  • jwt@programming.dev
    12·
    9 days ago

    I didn’t quit. They stopped my F1 tv pro subscription and then they tried to extort me into buying a viaplay bundle. Now I watch for free.

  • Voytrekk@sopuli.xyz
    132·
    10 days ago

    Despite this being a pretty exciting reason with the title race, I just haven’t bothered after I wasnt able to renew with f1tv. They offered the product I wanted at the right price. I’m not interested in paying twice as much for a bunch of other stuff I’m not planning to watch.

    • hydrashok@sh.itjust.works
      131·
      10 days ago

      I mean, I understand the sentiment, but:

      1. F1TV Pro is $85 per year

      2. AppleTV is $99 per year, which is more, but…

      3. AppleTV gives you F1TV Premium, which is $130 per year on its own, and finally,

      4. you can still use the F1TV app.

      I literally haven’t changed anything about how I watch from last year. It’s certainly not twice as expensive.

      • BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
        4·
        9 days ago

        This is my experience. We already have Apple TV so it saved me money. I still use the F1 app to steam to my TV and keep a tablet open on my lap watching specific drivers like always.

        • hydrashok@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          9 days ago

          This was the same for us — we already had Apple TV and I had the MLS pass, so I’m saving the $85 a year not buying an F1TV standalone subscription. And saving the MLS pricing as well because that’s been rolled into Apple TV now for no additional cost.

      • Scuzzm0nkey@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 days ago

        The native F1TV experience has dramatically worsened recently though. I watch on a media PC through my browser and can not get the playback to work without disabling MultiView entirely.

      • Voytrekk@sopuli.xyz
        41·
        10 days ago

        I thought I saw the process a $18 per month, but if it’s just $99 per year, I might get it. It would let me watch MLS games as well for the upcoming season.

      • BURN@lemmy.world
        33·
        9 days ago

        I paid $85, I refuse to pay more than $85. I don’t want F1TV Premium or anything on AppleTV.

  • NanoooK@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    9 days ago

    I’ve stopped watching and paying when they removed third parties app. Using their official one with DRM I kept having stream issue, they downgraded my experience.

  • naeap@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    9 days ago

    I couldn’t re-new my subscription, because of licence issues in Austria

    F1 TV isn’t working here anymore since last season already

    Which is a pity, because F1Multiviewer was awesome

  • kikutwo@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 days ago

    On YouTube TV the interface for fast forwarding is so fucked I had to cancel it. And the announcing crew is total shit.

  • BURN@lemmy.world
    1·
    9 days ago

    I stopped watching when they moved to AppleTv. It helps that it coincided with the worst regulation set we’ve seen in years

  • LCP@lemmy.world
    1·
    9 days ago

    I was pissed about it initially as the yearly F1TV Pro sub was cheaper than yearly Apple TV.

    A family member has an Apple TV sub and they don’t watch F1. I was able to link my account and now I have F1TV Premium for free.