Apple One turned six years old today, but Apple is selectively winding down the bundle, which is no longer open to new subscribers in more than 100 countries after Apple reshuffled its iCloud+ offerings as of Tuesday.
Apple introduced Apple One subscriptions on September 15, 2020, asking users for a once-monthly payment for Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Arcade, and 50GB of iCloud storage.
Six years later to the day, Apple has now closed Apple One to new subscribers in every market where the company has introduced its new iCloud+ bundle, in which Apple TV, Apple Arcade, and curated Apple Music stations ("Apple Music Select") are now included in the company's paid cloud storage plans. Meanwhile, subscribers to iCloud+ also continue to receive access to premium benefits, such as event creation in the Apple Invites app and enhanced privacy features.
When it debuted in the U.S., Apple One was $14.95 on the Individual plan, with a $19.95 Family Plan offering 200GB of storage, and a $29.95 Premier tier that added Apple News+ and Apple Fitness+ with 2TB of storage.
Looking at what Apple One costs now, the migration of additional services to iCloud+ is a huge bonus in the affected, price-sensitive markets. The Apple One Individual plan alone has crept up to $21.95 in the U.S. following last month's Apple TV service price increase. A 50GB iCloud+ plan costs a fraction of that, and in the countries where Apple has made the change, it now carries most of the same contents, with full Apple Music offered as a discounted add-on rather than a separate service that you have to buy into.
Where Apple has made the change to iCloud+, existing Apple One subscribers can keep their plans, so nobody is being pushed anywhere just yet. But it could be a sign of a shakeup to come for the rest of the world where the plan is still available.
