WEBVTT - Streaming services hike prices 0:00:09.160 --> 0:00:15.200 Apple launches very expensive headphones Disney Plus, ready's a price increase. 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:19.960 Google assistant routines are easier than ever. Plus your tech 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:24.000 questions answered? What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro and this 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:26.480 is Rich on Tech the podcast right talk about the 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:29.560 tech stuff I think you should know about. It's also 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:33.279 the place where I answer the questions that you send me. 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:36.479 And boy, do you send a lot of them? Well, 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:39.760 I should say boys and girls. It's not just boys, 0:00:40.320 --> 0:00:42.560 it's everyone. I mean I met boy as like, boy, 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:45.880 do you send a lot of them? And yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:53.760 I get them always. I mean Instagram, DMS, email, Facebook posts, 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:59.440 text messages. I mean, you guys, you find me, you 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:01.600 figure out how to get in touch with me, and 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:04.000 I reply to a lot of them. But this is 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:05.759 the place where I really take the time to kind 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:09.680 of share what I'm talking to you about privately with everyone, 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:12.560 whether you like it or not, if you email me 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:14.759 or text me, that's just what happens. I'm the tech 0:01:14.800 --> 0:01:21.080 reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. Yeah, it's 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:24.479 been quite the year. We're almost done with it, if 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:28.120 you can believe it. And I've been enjoying the holidays 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:31.600 a lot last night, we went to this. It's so 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:36.199 funny that a drive through Christmas light display is a thing, 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:39.640 but that's the thing here in Los Angeles. And we 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:42.560 went through this it's called like Wonderland last night. It 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:45.040 was really cool and they put a lot of work 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:48.480 into it. It was like, you know, a whole drive through. 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:50.840 We went to one that was just lights. This one 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:53.240 was sort of a whole wonderland, you know, with like 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.640 snow and you know, different buildings and just all kinds 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.000 of stuff and dancers moving around like it was. It 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.160 was pretty well done. I got to say, seventy bucks 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.000 for a car loads, so I mean, you know, it 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:06.040 wasn't cheap, but I mean, we're My wife and I 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:08.520 were discussing this and it's like, well, you know, if 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:10.760 you go to a movie for a family of four, 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.440 you're gonna easily spend seventy bucks. I mean, tickets alone 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:16.200 here in La are probably you know, depending on the 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:17.919 depending on the time in the theater. You know, I've 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:19.720 gotten them as low as like nine dollars for like 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:22.560 a cheap matinee to like as much as like eighteen 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:24.000 dollars depending on where you go. 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:25.760 So it can it can add up. 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:26.520 Uh. 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:27.360 So that was fun. 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.600 And I've just been really enjoying the holidays with a 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:33.320 lot of holiday movies and music and decorating the house 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:36.360 because i've just been I figured out the word I 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:38.640 was trying to get last week. I've been nesting. That's 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:41.280 the word I was looking for. I not that you 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:43.280 think back all the way to last week's show, but 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:46.160 I do. Once I record the show. For the rest 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:48.600 of the week, I just it plays over and over 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:50.600 in my head and I'm like, what did I say wrong? 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:52.160 What did I say weird? What did I say bad? 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:54.359 What did I say good? Who did I offend? And 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:56.720 the one word that I was looking for last week 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:59.800 was nesting. That's what I've been doing. And so everything 0:02:59.880 --> 0:03:03.160 is nice and cozy in my place, lots of fireplaces 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:03.480 at night. 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:05.120 We finally got our fireplace. 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:08.520 Hooked up, and it's just been nice, lots of you know, 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:12.000 it's been really really fun. On Hulu, they have a 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:15.040 section of like all holiday stuff, and they have all 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:16.880 the old shows that I used to watch as a 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:21.359 kid with their holiday shows like Wonder Years, step by Step, 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:27.200 Family Matters, Full House, Brady Bunch, and it's just fun, 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:29.280 you know, it's it's nostalgic. That's what I need this 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.120 year to get through this because it's been such a 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.080 weird year. I can't go home for the holidays. We 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:37.360 canceled everything. We canceled Near's Eve, Christmas Eve, all of 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:40.560 our vacations this year. And yeah, I know, poor Rich, 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:42.640 I know, so tough, but. 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:44.360 You know it is. It's been. It's been. 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.119 We've been in our house for pretty much the whole year. 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:51.280 I mean, it's it's really interesting. Never have I spent 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:54.080 so much time at home, and it's fun. I like 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:57.880 the the aspect of everyone being together. And my wife 0:03:57.960 --> 0:03:59.720 had to go to work today out of the house 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:01.280 and it was, you know, we had to rush in 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:01.720 the morning. 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:03.640 Oh go go, go, get the kids ready. 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.320 And I was like, oh, you see, see the pandemic 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:09.440 there are some positives because you know, you haven't had 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:11.000 to rush out of the house like this in a 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:16.320 long time. So I spent a couple of days cleaning 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:18.520 up my Google drive. I think I talked about this 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:20.880 in the last show, but it just felt so good. 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:23.080 You know, I think I'm having deja vu. I think 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.359 I already talked about this, but anyway, I've been cleaning 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:28.240 up my Google Drive because you know, I'm on this 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.679 mission to get it, you know, as low as possible, 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:34.200 so I don't have to pay any extra come June 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:37.279 next year or whenever they're doing it. I think it's June, 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:40.280 and I've been I've been making some progress on that. 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.080 All right, let's get to some of the news. I 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.000 guess this was big news for the week. I mean, 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:49.120 if it's Apple, it's always big news, right. Apple introduced 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:53.040 a new pair of headphones called the AirPods Max. They love, 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:55.200 they love using. For a while, it was plus. Now 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:59.000 plus is anything like a subscription that you're paying extra for, 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.880 like Disney Plus US or the upcoming Apple Fitness Plus. 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:05.680 Anything with a plus at the end means they're going 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:08.640 to be slowly but surely sapping the money out of 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.480 your bank account over a long period of time. That's 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:14.560 what the plus means in any name, ESPN plus. Oh, 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.560 we'll take this six ninety nine a month. Where's the 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:20.520 Spotify Plus? All these music services started before there was 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:26.720 plus in the name. So the AirPods Max are headphones 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:30.039 that go over the ear. And the big headline that 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:32.680 you know everyone was talking about is that these are 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:35.680 five hundred and forty nine dollars WHOA for a. 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:36.400 Pair of headphones? 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:38.800 Now, I remember it was like ten years ago when 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:41.480 I bought my Bow's noise canceling headphones for a trip 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:44.200 to Japan. It was like my first international trip with KTLA, 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:46.039 and I was like, should I spend the three point 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:48.440 fifty on this pair of headphones? Oh my gosh, it's 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:51.920 so expensive. And by the way, I've had them ever since. 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.320 They still work great, although a little bit of the 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:56.599 pads are sort of wearing off, but you know, they're 0:05:56.640 --> 0:06:00.320 they're still still cranking. And three point fifty was very 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:02.920 well spent because I've divided up by all the international 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:05.760 trips I've and air trips I've taken with them, and yeah, 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:07.320 you do by the hour, and it's like a penny 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:11.479 per hour at this point. So anyway, now I'm not 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:14.320 defending these AirPods Max. I know that that price is 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:17.960 extremely high. But with s said, they've got the Apple 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:21.480 Magic built in, they've got the noise cancelation, they've got 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:25.039 you know, three D audio, they've got adaptive sound. 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:26.800 They come in five cool. 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:31.640 Colors, gray, silver, blue, green, pink, and you know it's breathable. 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.920 I did not get a sample of these from Apple, 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:39.880 so that goes to show the importance of my report 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:43.320 to them. But I did see that a lot of 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:46.480 the YouTubers got them, and you know, I didn't watch 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:48.359 any of the videos just yet, so I'll maybe do 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:51.039 that this weekend and see kind of what their response is. 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.200 I'm sure it's all gonna be cheery, because you know, 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:56.920 what are they gonna say. I mean, they're these these 0:06:56.960 --> 0:07:01.279 headphones are probably beautiful, they probably sound great, and they're 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:05.200 probably nice and lightweight, just as advertised. But the reality is, 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.520 is the average person ready to plunk down five hundred 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:10.360 and forty nine dollars? Probably not? But will there be 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:12.600 enough people that say, yeah, I was thinking of spending 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:14.840 three fifty. I mean, what's another two hundred if I'm 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:18.720 going to three fifty? And I don't think that's me 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:21.480 per se, but there will be a lot of people, 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:24.880 especially I'm thinking like the frequent flyer set, sort of 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:30.040 the influencer set, the quasi celebrity set, and you know, 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:33.760 the business folks set, and you know, the typical person, 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:38.800 you know, the average Joe might get these. Yeah, probably not, 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:42.480 I don't think so. So twenty hours of audio and 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:45.080 you know, it does everything as you would imagine. It's 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:48.040 basically a beautiful pair of AirPods in a different form 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:51.720 function or different form factor. Five hundred forty nine dollars 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:55.000 shipping on Tuesday, December fifteenth. You know, I'll be honest 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:58.200 if I'm if I'm being completely honest with you, if 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.120 I was, you know, using an iPhone, which you know 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:03.680 I do, but I struggle because I always want to 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:06.560 switch to my Android. But if I'm using an iPhone, 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:10.320 you know, like permanently, which I have been for two years. 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:12.640 But you know, I. 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:15.480 Feel like I use an iPhone, but I'm not like 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:18.000 one hundred percent committed, you know, but I still love it, 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:21.200 and I'm just like and I'll get to you know, 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:22.640 I don't want to get into all the reasons, but 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:26.120 you know, so anyway, I would be tempted because I'd 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:27.920 be like, you know what, if if I'm traveling again 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:30.240 on an airplane, like these are probably amazing and with 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:32.760 Siri built in and how lightweight they are, they probably 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.640 feel great. I mean, AirPods are pretty magical, and so 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:38.040 if you can get that same thing with a pair 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:40.360 of over the year headphones, I mean, that's pretty awesome. 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:45.600 All right, let's get to our first question, and this 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.000 one is a little different because I've got a new 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:53.640 podcast home. Just go to podcast dot rich on tech 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:58.480 dot TV or rich on TV, rich on TV, rich 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:02.080 on tech dot TV, slash podcast, and that will take 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:03.840 you to the new home for my podcast. 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:04.800 It looks really cool. 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.560 I'm testing this service called pod page and it's really 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.080 really slick and I love it. But the cool thing 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:11.960 about it is that in the lower right hand corner 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.080 there is a microphone and you can leave me a 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:18.760 voicemail and it's super easy. It's super fun and we 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:20.000 can do cool things like this. 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:24.920 Hey, Rich, my name's Charlie van Kirk. Been a fan 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:29.960 of the show for a long time, really enjoicing your segments. 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:33.000 And I'm a tech you guy too. One thing that 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:37.000 I just purchased is ub key five, the NFC version, 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:39.360 and I use last Pass. I've used it for years. 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:42.040 I also use last Past Authenticator app. I was just 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:44.600 wondering if you'd be able to do a segment, you know, 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:50.760 showing people the advantages of using hardware encryption and authentication 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:53.840 and maybe just kind of simplify it for people. It's 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:57.080 pretty complex stuff. You know, let people know that it's 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:01.760 not difficult to step your level of security a notch. 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:05.280 All right now, thank you, Thank you Charlie for being 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:09.319 the very first person to use the microphone to leave 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:13.960 a voicemail. Love It Again podcast dot richon tech dot 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:17.760 tv or rich on tech dot tv Slash podcast will 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:21.839 bring you to the new home for the podcast. Okay, 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:24.280 to answer your question, Charlie, well, I love the fact 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:27.360 that you are staying extra extra secure with this ubikey. 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:30.600 I am aware of these. I have not used them, 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:33.000 nor have I tested them in the past, but I'm 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:36.520 looking at the website and it looks really cool. So 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.760 what sort of if I'm understanding this, it's kind of 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:43.720 like a physical key that unlocks your two factor authentication 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:46.679 for your various accounts. So instead of having to like 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:50.160 type in a number with like an authenticator app, you 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:54.280 would just use this and it would authenticate automatically and seamlessly. 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:56.960 Because the idea being is that you have this little 0:10:57.040 --> 0:10:59.839 key and it's on your body, and you're the one 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:01.920 that that would be able to authenticate. 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:04.120 So I imagine there's some sort of. 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:07.720 You know, since it is two factor, I need to 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:10.520 look into this more because I'm not exactly sure how 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:14.600 this works, but it seems cool and I'm trying to 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:17.200 figure out how it's better than my authenticator app. There's 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:21.080 obviously an extra level of security here that I'm missing 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:22.439 right now at first glance. 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:24.040 But and here's the thing. 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:26.400 I mean, I love the fact that you're trying to 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:28.800 get me to you know, my segment is on TV, 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:33.920 it's on mainstream media, and it's for an average audience 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:37.160 that is not necessarily techies, and so the challenge there 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:42.280 is honestly just getting people to use a password that 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:45.320 is not the same password for ten different websites is 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:48.640 really really tough. And I will say in recent years, 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:50.959 I have seen a lot more people show interest in 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:54.720 password managers, which I think is amazing. And you know, 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:57.840 I use one, my wife uses one. I told my 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:00.480 dad about it on or who'd I tell to just 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:02.360 use it? You know, Like the iPhone and Android have 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:04.079 them built in, and they're getting a little bit more 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:06.959 aggressive now, like it's kind of on by default. I 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:10.600 feel like when you download Chrome on Android or it's 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:12.760 called like Google smart lock or something, it's like the 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:14.160 first time you type in a pass word, it's like, 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:15.240 do you want us to save that for you, and 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:17.719 you're like what, Or I've noticed on iPhone it will 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:19.840 just suggest them for you if you're in Safari. So 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:23.439 we're making progress, folks. It's just a matter of like 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:26.480 this this UBI key is like next next level, and 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:28.800 so I'm not sure. In the past, I've kind of 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:31.840 shied away from this with a mainstream audience because it 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:34.400 it might like you also have to think on TV, 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:36.200 how do you tease something? How do you say to 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:38.480 people you know, you know why they should tune in 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:41.160 and watch your story, And with this one it would 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:43.120 be kind of tough. I mean, it's like, you know, 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:45.600 a better way to secure your accounts, you know, and 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:47.800 maybe it's easier, but again I need to research. So 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:50.680 thank you for the for the voicemail and thanks for 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:53.120 the story suggestion. I will definitely look into it. And 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:56.920 it looks cool. I remember so many years ago my 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:00.480 roommate was he had a job, and he sat down 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:03.079 at his computer and he had like this little keychain 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:04.560 thing that would like I think it was for like 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.280 e trade or something, and it would like randomly generate 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:10.000 a number every thirty seconds or whatever it was, and 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.400 it was a two factor authenticator and at the time 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.160 I didn't even know what it was, but he's like, yeah, 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:15.760 I got to pop in this number to make sure 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:17.680 it's me when I log in. I was like, oh, interesting, 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:20.640 So I'm guessing this ubkey sort of functions in that 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:22.640 way without a physical display. 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:23.959 Very cool. 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:26.719 Thanks again, Podcast dot Rich on tech dot TV. Leave 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:29.600 a voicemail and you might hear your voice on the 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:37.360 next podcast not just mine. Disney Plus is already raising 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.440 prices and I can't really complain about this one, but 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.280 I will tell you that I predicted this in this 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:48.000 very podcast last year when I announced that Disney Plus 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:50.800 was coming out for six ninety nine a month. So 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:54.440 what is happening here? Disney had a big announcement. They 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:58.160 said they have one hundred and thirty seven million paid subscribers, 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:01.920 which is eleven and a half million ESPN Plus subscribers, 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:05.800 thirty eight point eight million Hulu subscribers, and eighty six 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:10.120 point eight million Disney Plus subscribers. That's just since launched 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:12.840 in November twenty nineteen. So we are just one year 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:15.839 into Disney Plus and they think they're gonna hit three 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:19.120 hundred to three hundred and fifty million total subscribers by 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:22.160 twenty twenty four, and they say Disney Plus is gonna 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:24.520 release more than one hundred titles this year. 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:25.240 Wow. 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:27.160 But then they go on to say, oh, by the way, 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:30.120 March twenty six, twenty twenty one, Disney Plus is going 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:32.760 to be priced at seven ninety nine a month or 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:36.640 seventy nine ninety nine a year. So that's a dollar 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.080 extra a month. And for the yearly, I think it 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:41.240 used to be sixty nine ninety nine, so seventy nine 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:44.400 so eighty dollars a year divided by twelve is six 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:47.120 dollars and sixty seven cents a month. That is the 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:50.080 way to go. Save yourself a dollar thirty a month. 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:53.720 I mean, here's the thing about these subscriptions. It's great 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:55.240 that they're monthly, but I like the fact that you 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:57.760 can save yearly. But who wants to pay these bills yearly? 0:14:57.840 --> 0:14:57.920 Like? 0:14:57.960 --> 0:14:58.440 I don't like. 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.560 I like the idea of just the Like I've had 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:04.440 my Google my Google Drive account for so long at 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:06.240 ten dollars a month, and they keep bugging me to 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:09.160 pay ninety nine bucks for a year, which would save me. 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:10.600 You know, if you do the math, I think it's 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:13.760 twenty dollars a year saves me, but I just can't 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:15.720 get myself to do it because I'm like, ah, I 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:19.320 hate when these bills just like bill your account randomly, 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.200 Like I got my bill for like Nest and it 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:23.960 was like one hundred and fifty bucks for the year, 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:26.280 just like randomly, like it just shows up on your 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.280 card and you're like, oh, I forgot about that, or 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.160 like sirious XM used to be a big one that 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:32.280 used to do that, but now I have them bill me. 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:33.840 You know, they send me. 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:35.960 A paper bill, So I just don't like being surprised. 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:38.400 So I think this six seventy or seven ninety nine 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:40.760 a month is like easier to manage. But I'll say, 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.680 you know what, it's tough to really scoff at this 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:47.120 because Disney Plus has a lot of stuff. I mean, 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.200 if you watch one thing a month on there, you're 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:52.400 talking you're getting your values worth. I personally am watching 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:55.240 a lot of Hulu recently, and I have I pretty 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:57.880 much have all the streaming services because my feeling is 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:01.040 I just you know, when you add them all up 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:02.880 for me personally, it's kind of like what I was 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:04.520 paying for cable, and I'm just like This is so 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:05.040 much easier. 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:05.800 It's so much better. 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.120 The kids love it. I like having the choices. I 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:09.840 don't you know what, I don't subscribe to all. I 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:13.400 don't do Showtime, and there's a couple I don't do cable. 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:16.120 So I don't have like a you know, I don't 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:18.000 have like a YouTube TV kind of thing, but I 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:22.000 do have YouTube. But anyway, there you go seven ninety 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:23.760 nine a month. But here's the thing that that is 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:27.280 the problem. So a dollar is fine, but now we 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.200 also have Netflix that went up two dollars or is 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:32.320 going up two dollars on my next bill, So that's 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:37.040 three dollars a month now. And okay, the music services 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:39.160 they have not budged from nine ninety nine for a 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:43.200 long time, so I feel like maybe they're gonna sneak 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:47.520 in a dollar price increase in twenty twenty one, so 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:49.480 now they can be up to ten ninety nine a month. 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:52.160 I mean, it gets so when you have five or 0:16:52.200 --> 0:16:54.560 six of these things, when they all start raising the bills, 0:16:55.240 --> 0:16:57.920 you know, it's just like cable TV back in the day, 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:02.480 they always raised the bill like clockwork. Cable TV rates 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:05.000 went up every year, and that's sort of what we're 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:07.080 seeing with a lot of these streaming services. It's just 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:09.560 a little more staggered because not all of them do 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.720 the price increase every year, but enough of them do 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:14.920 where it's becoming kind of in line with what. 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:17.440 We used to do with cable. So just something to watch, 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:18.080 something to be aware of. 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:20.159 I'm not going to cancel Disney Plus anytime soon, and 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:23.440 I'm sure out of their ninety million subscribers, I don't 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:24.719 think a lot are going to get rid of it, 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:31.320 but you never know. All right, let's get to the 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:35.560 next question. Jennette says, Hello, Rich, my brother has an old, 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:38.199 at least five years or more, Samsung phone. He very 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:40.760 much wants a smart watch to link and use, but 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:43.480 I don't even know how to find a compatible item. 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:44.440 Can you help? 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:46.600 Not sure what questions I should be asking? Love your 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:51.440 segments from the most technologically challenged viewer, Jenny, Jenny, I 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:54.080 don't think you're my most technologically challenged viewer because you 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:55.120 were able to email. 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:56.919 Me, so that's a pro. There you go. 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:02.119 Let's see Samsung phone. So immediately what comes to mind 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:04.720 is a Samsung smart watch. But I'm not a big 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:08.480 fan of them, so I would say a fitbit, So 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:11.080 I think a fitbit would probably be his best bet. 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:14.359 It's a five year old Samsung, so I'm guessing he 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:17.920 doesn't need the latest, greatest, best whatever. So I would 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:20.960 say something like the Fitbit versa, and I think they're 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:24.600 up to the three you probably you know, you could 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:27.240 probably get away with the two, but I would go 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:29.480 with probably a fitbit. I would also kind of, you know, 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:32.920 see what he needs, see what he wants, Like, he 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:35.040 may not need all the features of the smart watch. 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:37.840 Maybe he just needs a regular fitbit or maybe even 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:41.240 like the whys they're coming out with the new smart watch. 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:43.480 Maybe wait till that one comes out in January, and 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:46.080 that's only twenty dollars. But the fitbits, you know, the 0:18:46.160 --> 0:18:49.520 versus is kind of pricey. You're looking at probably over 0:18:49.520 --> 0:18:52.440 one hundred dollars for that, but you can get cheaper 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:54.800 fitbits as well. It really depends what he wants to 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:57.320 do with this thing. If he really wants, like all 0:18:57.400 --> 0:18:58.919 the features on a smart watch, yeah. 0:18:58.760 --> 0:18:59.679 I'd probably go fitbit. 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:02.679 You can also look into some of the Google Nah, 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:05.000 I'm not gonna recommend that those are too complicated, so 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:08.119 I would I would say go with a Fitbit. I 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:11.160 think that'll do what he needs. And if you can 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:14.200 wait until February for the wise Watch to come out, 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:15.880 I mean he's been waiting five years with his phone 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:18.000 to upgrade, so I mean, I'm sure he can wait 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:21.040