


No credit card is required, unless you decide to try the seven-day free trial of either premium tier. You can sign up for the free version of Peacock, well, for free: All you need to do is create an account with your email and a password. And while older mainstay Hulu offers the option to watch with or without ads, you still have to pay $6 a month for the ad-supported plan. "Whatever it is you’re interested in, you can follow and connect directly with your favorite creators and others who love the same things - or build a loyal following of your own to share your ideas, opinions and creativity with the world.Peacock's free subscription tier may be the streaming service's greatest strength: As the so-called streaming wars rage on and massive newcomers HBO Max, Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus vie for your monthly payment, none have offered a free option. Meta / Apple App Store / Meta / Apple App Store A screenshot preview of the Threads app from Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram. "Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow," the app listing said. The launch came following a chaotic weekend in which Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced a limit to the number of tweets users can view in one day.Ī website had shown a countdown to Wednesday's launch, with a listing on the Apple App Store describing Threads as "Instagram's text-based conversation app." He also took to Twitter for what appeared to be his first post in over a decade, sharing a popular Spider-Man meme in what appeared to be a nod to Threads' similarities with Twitter. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on the new platform that he hoped to see the Threads community grow to over one billion members.
