ZDNet: Claude Pro’s two new features make this AI subscription even more enticing. “Once upon a time, free access to AI chatbots was the standard. However, OpenAI launched its ChatGPT Plus plan, and it was met with high demand; other companies followed suit. Anthropic’s counterpart, Claude Pro, just got an upgrade, making it even more robust an offer.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/05/zdnet-claude-pros-two-new-features-make-this-ai-subscription-even-more-enticing/

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission launches comprehensive market survey on 37 subscription services, including Netflix and ChatGPT, to address consumer concerns and establish fair practices.
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DigitalTrends: Snapchat’s new lenses add AI videos to your Snaps at a steep fee. “Snapchat is bringing generative AI videos to its social platform. The company has today introduced what it calls Video Gen AI Lenses, which essentially add an AI-powered video effect to your Snaps. The new video AI lenses are currently limited to Platinum subscription tier, which costs $14.99 per month.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/14/digitaltrends-snapchats-new-lenses-add-ai-videos-to-your-snaps-at-a-steep-fee/

Ars Technica: Pocket Casts makes its web player free, takes shots at Spotify and AI. “Previously available only to logged-in Pocket Casts users paying $4 per month, Pocket Casts now offers nearly any public-facing podcast feed for streaming, along with controls like playback speed and playlist queueing. If you create an account, you can also sync your playback progress, manage your queue, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/13/ars-technica-pocket-casts-makes-its-web-player-free-takes-shots-at-spotify-and-ai/

PC World: X nearly doubles the price of Premium+ plan after Grok-3 AI update. “Yesterday, xAI launched the new Grok-3 AI model and locked it behind a paywall, making it only available to Premium+ subscribers on Elon Musk’s social media platform X and those who hop on the newly available SuperGrok subscription tier. According to Neowin, X has updated the price for Premium+ following the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/21/pc-world-x-nearly-doubles-the-price-of-premium-plan-after-grok-3-ai-update/

Tubefilter: Nearly half of all streaming subscriptions are now supported by ads. “When streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ first launched, their ad-free nature was part of the appeal. A shifting media landscape led both of those services to add on ad-supported tiers in 2022, and adoption of those subscriptions has skyrocketed since. A report from market data firm Antenna found that […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/27/tubefilter-nearly-half-of-all-streaming-subscriptions-are-now-supported-by-ads/

TechCrunch: Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup. “Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is working on subscriptions. The company first announced plans to develop a new revenue stream based on the subscription model when detailing its $15 million Series A back in October. Now, mockups teasing the upcoming Bluesky subscription, along with a list of possible […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/10/techcrunch-bluesky-teases-paid-subscription-bluesky-in-new-mockup/

YouTube Family is jumping from $17.99/month to $32.99/month..

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Google One, the company's subscription service offering additional storage for free services like Gmail, Drive, and Photos, has reached 100 million subscriptions. This milestone underscores Google's efforts to transition users from free plans, evidenced by recent changes like discontinuing unlimited storage for Google Drive photos.

Similarly, YouTube Premium recently achieved the same milestone after nine years with ad removal and extra features. Google's new AI Premium Plan, priced at $200 per year, offers enhanced features like a beefed-up version of Gemini (formerly Bard chatbot) and access to generative AI features within services like Gmail and Docs. Notably, subscriptions to the AI Premium plan cannot be made through Apple's App Store payments or shared across family groups.