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Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month
(9to5google.com)
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this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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Wait… people PAY for YouTube?
I can’t stand watching ads. Ads waste my time. My time is valuable. I’ll pay for no ads.
I don't see any ads on YouTube and I didn't have to pay them.
Does this work across platforms? iPad? iPhone? AppleTV?
Apple intentionally locks down their platform, so it's harder to use any workarounds
I'm on Linux, Windows, and Android. On all 3 I have Firefox with ublock origin addon.
My TV is a small computer plugged into my TV. I use a wireless keyboard that has a laptop mouse touch pad on it. It's a perfect setup.
Adblockers, ReVanced, SmartTube, etc. No ads and no fee.
New Pipe is opensource
I have it but revanced is a much better experience overall. I also pay for Premium so I get downloads but if youtube included swipe controls for brightness and volume I wouldn't need revanced. Though the skip segment stuff is good.
So you pay to support a platform that treats the creators of the content you watch like garbage…
I find that…. Weird. But you do you. No judgement intended.
Yes. YT Premium costs me only 1.20€ more than Spotify so I use YT Music and also have no ads and can listen to videos with my screen off on my phone.
But if they'll increase price here too then I'll just stick with NewPipe which I also have installed and no music app.
Btw... I pay 7.19€ for YT Premium. Spotify is 5.99€.
I think listening to audio only (no video wasting bandwidth) with the screen off and Youtube Music seem like actually valuable things to have if you do a lot of driving. I don't listen to Spotify at home, but when I was driving a lot I sure did.
Yeah, I really, really hate ads. Premium used to be a lot cheaper so I am sort of grand fathered in though I expect that won't last. I could ad block (all my browsers are ad blocked) but I would have to maintain it not only on my devices but other family members with a variety of apps, platforms, networks etc. It is easier to pay fuck off money. Bonus is that a dribble of the funds goes to creators I watch though realistically the best way to support creators is to fund them more directly if you can afford it.
Agree, I pay for Youtube Premium too because I dont want ads nor using adblockers and want to support creators. A creator that I really like released a video (something like a year ago) showing his revenue and said that the most money per view he gets was surprisingly from YT Premium views.
IMO, paying for Youtube is the most effective way to make it better or at least less ads dependent. Using a blocker just make YT more aggressive to people not using it, at the end of the day, YT need money to operate.
Yeah it's a good deal
I don’t know if I could ever hate myself enough to do that.
It's easy, you just have to ingest the entire boot like the above person.