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Apple's New Subscription Payment Option Isn't Coming to the US I can't stand when a subscription tells me its "monthly" price, when, in actuality, the plan charges me annually. Sure, when you divide the yearly cost by 12, the price looks better, but if I'm paying all at once for the year, then it's really not that amount per month. It's all a way to get more customers in the digital door, and I'm sure it works—even if I'm not happy about it. Apple's new plan improves annual subscriptions While this pricing isn't going anywhere anytime soon, there is a positive change on the way—for most of the world, anyway. As highlighted by MacRumors, Apple is giving developers a new type of subscription plan to market to their users. In addition to annual subscriptions, developers can now offer customers monthly subscriptions with a 12-month commitment. Essentially, this plan lets you pay that advertised monthly price per month, so long as you commit to a year of payments. It's not quite the same as offering a monthly subscription at that price, but it's better than forcing everyone to pay for a year all at once. That said, this is still a 12-month commitment. Apple considers a customer who takes this plan the same as one who pays in full, and it isn't letting users who cancel early off the hook. While you can cancel at any time, you're still responsible for any remaining payments through the end of your commitment. All cancelling early really accomplishes is ensuring you aren't enrolled in another 12 months of payments for the following year. Apple says any customer who subscribes to one of these monthly installment plans can see the number of payments they've completed, as well as how many remaining payments are left on their plan. This information is available under the "Subscriptions" section of your Apple Account. In addition, Apple's subscription reminders are still in effect here, so the company will warn you before you end up stuck in another year-long commitment. That should make it reasonably easy to manage your subscription and make a decision on whether you want to keep paying once the renewel is up. This plan isn't coming to the U.S. Developers can test the subscription offers in Xcode starting today, and Apple plans to roll them out globally to all users with the launch of iOS 26.5—though users on at least iOS 26.4 will have access. The major downside here is that there are two countries exempt from this new pricing: Singapore and the United States. Despite being home to Apple, the U.S. won't have access to this new subscription type, which means those of us in the States will still be stuck with the traditional annual plans. I'm not exactly sure why Apple is limiting the plan this way. It's not like the U.S., Singapore, and a host of other countries are left out here, or that Apple is starting with a small pool of countries as an initial trial. These are the only two countries in the world excluded here. Once iOS 26.5 is here, all Apple users across the globe will be able to pay monthly for annual plans—minus these two countries. There must be something about the U.S. and Singapore customer base that would lead Apple to limit the feature's rollout, but, in my view, this subscription change only makes it more likely for customers to enroll (and limit the number of angry customers who didn't realize they were signing up for a full year after seeing the monthly price). via Lifehacker (author: Jake Peterson)

YouTube Wants You to Enable Watch History to Get Recommendations, but There’s a Workaround If you have your YouTube watch history disabled and you are now being prompted to turn it on if you want to receive recommendations, you're not alone. Watch history on YouTube is used to generate personalized recommendations on the platform—when it's disabled, suggested videos and channels are instead pulled from your likes, saves, and subscriptions rather than from videos you've watched. While some YouTube users want to be able to see a list of what they've viewed, many have watch history turned off for privacy reasons or to keep junk out of their algorithm in favor of a more curated experience. Some Reddit users have recently reported that their recommendations have disappeared from the YouTube homepage, replaced with a prompt to enable their YouTube watch history. The issue doesn't appear to affect everyone whose watch history is turned off—those who have had it disabled for many years seem to be more likely to encounter the prompt. As Mashable points out, this may be an effort to gain access to search histories for ad targeting. Manage your YouTube watch history You may not have to give in and give up more data to get your recommendations back, and the workaround may be as simple as turning your watch history on, refreshing the page, or doing a search, and turning it off again. To try this out, in the YouTube app, tap your profile photo and go to Settings > Manage all history > Controls and select Include the YouTube videos you watch. Refresh your homepage, then follow the same steps to unselect the setting. (Note that Turn Off will disable history, including searches, entirely.) On a TV or gaming console, you'll find this under Settings > Pause watch history; on a browser, go to My Activity > Controls. Even with watch history disabled, you can train your algorithm to produce better recommendations than whatever YouTube would otherwise suggest. The most basic tools are likes (and dislikes), subscriptions, and the bell, though you can also reject recommendations, create playlists, and even switch accounts to manage what you see. via Lifehacker (author: Emily Long)

I Tried Claude's New App Integrations, With Mixed Results via Lifehacker (author: David Nield)

This Mid-Range Portable Projector With Detachable Speakers Is $160 Off Right Now via Lifehacker (author: Pradershika Sharma)

Microsoft Is Testing a Way to Delay Windows Updates Indefinitely via Lifehacker (author: Khamosh Pathak)

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