Galaxy AI may cost you in the future, but not even Samsung users are swayed by its value

Picture this: you upgrade your phone, and it feels like a fresh start.

You can finally make the most of advanced features and new tech, but some of them are paywalled behind a silly subscription — well, that’s what the future Samsung experience could look like.

Earlier this week, it was leaked that Samsung might experiment with charging for Galaxy AI, meaning that tools such as Bixby Action, Daily Briefing, and Gen Video will be shunned into a subscription plan.

It got me thinking: if you spend good money on a device, would these additional services make the experience any better?

This is something that Apple is particularly notorious for, and once you’ve scored a new device, there’s a whole manner of add-ons out there.

Of course there are its flagship streaming services, Apple Music and Apple TV+, but Apple One is a handy way to cut the cord on services by bundling them into one subscription plan.

The difference with Apple is that these add-ons are designed as almost entirely separate services even though they still exist within the Apple ecosystem.

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