How would you suggest they get people to pay?
Comment on Google's latest reason to give them $14/month: "Watch in faster playback speeds with Premium"
MoreZombies@quokk.au 2 days ago
I am not against paying for services to unlock extra features, but I utterly despise the way YouTube premium is entirely composed of features we had but they took away.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
hendu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Come up with new features that people would be willing to pay for.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
How is that any different from shifting existing features to premium? If you aren’t paying you’re lucky to get anything.
I dont pay and I ad block everything. I’m surprised I can use the site at all. These features are nice to haves and not core to using YouTube.
1984@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Lucky to get anything? YouTube couldnt even have grown at all if it was a paid product from the start. People made it into the success it is, by using it.
Now when its a monopoly, they do a bait and switch.
bold_atlas@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I dont pay and I ad block everything. I’m surprised I can use the site at all. These features are nice to haves and not core to using YouTube.
3 billion active viewers is what makes up the majority of Alphabet’s stock value. The revenue ad and premium are peanuts. It still barely breaks even. That’s why youtube will never go full paywall.
schmups@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
With you on this. Freeloaders have so many options to use the same service
atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
As far as i know, there is a difference in psychology between taking away features and adding the new features already behind a paywall
1984@lemmy.today 2 days ago
People pay for features they want. YouTube did a bait and switch and launched their service with all the features that were expected, such as running in the background, no ads, fast forwarding and everything else.
Now when the service is a monopoly, they are removing features instead of adding things that are worth extra money.
Its a bait and switch.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
The cost of running YouTube is constantly growing. New features cost extra to develop and maintain. Monetizing existing features lessens the burden and allows the platform to keep providing their core service for free.
1984@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Youtube is owned by Google, market cap of 3.7 trilion dollars, third richest company in the America.
Lets pray together they are able to pay their bills for YouTube.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Years ago I understand why streaming services want to implement paid subscription. But now, I heard that even on premium you will still get ads! It is just milking more money at this stage!