Apple TV Plus price since launch
Apple TV Plus launched at $4.99/month in 2019 and is now $12.99/month — an increase of over 2.5 times its original price.
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Apple Raises Prices on Everything!
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Jul 3, 2026
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Trivia Answers & Final Scores
At 1:21:20 · chapter starts 1:17:40
Trivia payoff time. Adam reveals the maxed-out MacBook Pro costs $10,149 — Marques's estimate of $9,550 wins the round over Andrew's $8,500 and David's $12,000, tying Marques and David at 32 points each with Andrew at 27. [1] — Adam Malina "Maxed MacBook Pro price: A maxed-out 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max, 128GB RAM, and 8TB SSD now costs $10,149 after Apple's price increase…" 1:19:34 Ellis (Rufus) then reads his trivia question: which Apple product has increased in price over 2.5x since its 2019 launch? The hosts guess AirPods and Apple One. The answer: Apple TV Plus, which launched at $4.99/month and now costs $12.99/month. David notes he almost wrote 'Apple One' — which is close, since the Apple TV Plus subscription is included. The scoreboard update prompts some friendly banter about strangers stopping hosts on the street to compliment or commiserate over their trivia performance.
Maxed MacBook Pro price
A maxed-out 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max, 128GB RAM, and 8TB SSD now costs $10,149 after Apple's price increases.
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