[-] scarrtt@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Advertising spend has dried up and the shareholders are looking for growth. I don't mind paying for YouTube Premium but I get it much cheaper than that because I connect via VPN when I pay for it. I use Romania but other people recommend Turkey or Argentina or any of the other countries that are having issues with their currencies.

[-] scarrtt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Absolute farce of a price

[-] scarrtt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I got Ultra Lifetime when it launched 13 months ago, $35 as I recall. People who didn't go the "supportive" route paid $19 for that year. This rubs me up the wrong way even though I don't care about the money, it's not actual adversity or anything. Just doesn't sit well. Also paid the previous prices when the app launched many years ago

[-] scarrtt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm confident that Claude.ai could do that in less than 5 minutes, given the transcripts

[-] scarrtt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I got the lifetime Ultra option for Reddit. I know this is a whole different thing but does it transfer? Seems like it was introduced about a year ago, maybe two? I'm planning on living longer than that and I don't want to end up thinking my energies were misplaced

[-] scarrtt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's a symptom of the end of cheap money. It's fine to not turn a profit when the economy is bullish and there's money sloshing around everywhere, but at some stage you have to justify your existence, especially when advertisers stop buying ads, which has been the case for a while

[-] scarrtt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Number 2 is a work of art, bravo

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