The streaming war has led to subscription confusion for consumers, and now Verizon is the latest company to turn back to bundles as a way to solve that issue while luring people to switch to its latest unlimited plans. On Monday, the wireless giant announced a new perk for its latest “myPlan” users: a subscription to the ad-supported versions of Max and Netflix for $10 per month.Â
The carrier says the new bundle is exclusive to its wireless users who are on its latest plans known as Unlimited Welcome, Unlimited Plus or Unlimited Ultimate. Those on older offerings would need to change their plans to one of those options to be eligible. The new perk will be available starting on Dec. 7.Â
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Introduced back in May, Verizon’s latest plans removed the blanket inclusion of perks like the Disney Bundle (ad-free Disney Plus and ad-supported Hulu and ESPN Plus) with its unlimited plans and instead allowed users to pick what kind of perks they wanted for $10 per month, per perk. So if someone just wanted wireless service without streaming thrown in, they could get that while if you wanted the Disney offering, more hotspot data or subscriptions to services like Apple One or Walmart Plus you could them each for $10 per month.Â
In short, Verizon pitched it as a way to pay for services you want at a discount while not paying for things you don’t use.Â
For perks like the Disney Bundle, this would allow you to save $9 per month as you would be getting it for $10 per month through Verizon instead of the usual $19 per month from Disney. The Apple One offering is a savings of nearly $7 per month compared with buying it separately from Apple, while Walmart Plus through Verizon would save $3 monthly as opposed to buying directly from Walmart.Â
Max with Ads runs $10 per month (or $100 if purchased annually) while Netflix Standard with ads runs $7 per month. The Verizon bundle would be a $7 per month savings compared…
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