Crave stops offering lower-cost $9.99/month Mobile plan to new subscribers

Crave has eliminated the choice to subscribe to its lower-cost Cellular subscription.

The change quietly went into impact firstly of the month, per an email sent to subscribers. Nevertheless, Crave didn’t make a proper announcement on its weblog or social media channels, so it went unnoticed by some. MobileSyrup has reached out to Crave for remark and can replace this story as soon as a response has been acquired.

That stated, Crave Cellular isn’t going away fully. Crave notes within the e-mail that customers can stay on that $9.99/month plan so long as they keep an lively subscription.

Notably, this comes somewhat over a 12 months after Crave launched Mobile in late October 2021. On the time, Crave Cellular changed the ‘Fundamental’ tier because the entry-level Crave subscription. It consists of base Crave content material, like Letterkenny and The Handmaid’s Story, in addition to HBO titles like The Final of Us and The White Lotus.

One different change, although, is that Crave Cellular now lets you forged to your TVs. Beforehand, Cellular streaming was locked to the Crave cellular app or an online browser.

Now, there is just one Crave membership, a ‘Complete’ plan, that prices $19.99/month or $199/12 months ($149.90 until March 15th). A $5.99/month Starz add-on can also be obtainable.

Crave’s removing of its lower-cost choice comes only a few months after Netflix launched its least expensive membership, the $5.99/month ‘Basic with Ads’ plan. Different streamers within the U.S., like HBO Max, Hulu and Disney+, additionally provide their very own lower-cost, ad-supported choices  It’s unclear whether or not Crave intends to introduce a substitute for Cellular that’s equally extra reasonably priced than Complete.