Tue. 03/29 – And Now NFL+ ?

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🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Sony’s answer to Xbox Game Pass is here. Spotify wants to TikTok-up your podcast listening. Have you ever gotten a spam text from your own phone number? Okta still has some ‘splaining to do. And forget AppleTV+, Disney+, I dunno… BobRoss+, how about NFL+? Isn’t it inevitable? Sponsors: Linode.com/techmeme Masterworks.io/ride Links: Sony merges PS Now and PS Plus to create three-tier subscription service (GamesIndustry.biz) Sony announces new PlayStation Plus subscriptions, its answer to Xbox Game Pass (The Verge) Spotify puts its Podz acquisition to use with test of new podcast discovery feature (TechCrunch) My own phone number is now spam texting me (The Verge) Leaked Details of the Lapsus$ Hack Make Okta’s Slow Response Look More Bizarre (Wired) NFL considers creating a streaming service of its own (The Athletic) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Tuesday, March 29th, 2022.
0:07.8	I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.4	Sony's answer to Xbox Game Pass is here. Spotify wants to tic-tock up your
0:15.2	podcast listening. Have you ever gotten a spam text from your own phone number?
0:19.8	Octa still has some explaining to do and forget Apple TV Plus Disney Plus I don't know Bob Ross
0:26.4	plus how about NFL Plus is it maybe inevitable here's what you missed today in the world
0:31.6	of tech.
0:34.0	What's weird is that Sony has watched the success of Xbox Game Pass and has gone this
0:40.4	long without really responding to it in a meaningful way. Well no longer.
0:46.0	Sony has announced this morning that it is merging PS now and PS Plus to create three new tiers launching in June.
0:54.4	P.S. Plus essentials for $9.99 a month.
0:58.2	Extra for $14.99 a month and premium for $17.99 a month.
1:03.6	This was the long rumored Project Spartacus, quoting games industry dot biz.
1:09.8	PlayStation is uniting PS now and PS plus to form a new three-tier subscription service.
1:15.0	The new service sitting under the PS Plus brand is set to go live in June and will include
1:20.4	a number of new features.
1:22.0	PS Plus essentials is the same as the PS Plus service today,
1:26.7	which includes two monthly downloadable games,
1:28.8	online multiplayer access, game discounts, and cloud storage.
1:32.4	It costs the same to $9.99 a month,
1:35.8	2499 for three months, or $59.99 a year.
1:40.0	PS Plus Extra includes all of the above but adds a collection of 400 PS4 and PS5 games that can be downloaded.
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