Comment on Google's latest reason to give them $14/month: "Watch in faster playback speeds with Premium"

• hendu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Come up with new features that people would be willing to pay for.

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  • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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    • 1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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      • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        So because they started off offering something for free they owe us?

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    • bold_atlas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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    • schmups@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      With you on this. Freeloaders have so many options to use the same service

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    • atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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

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• 1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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  • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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    • 1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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      • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Why are you comparing the market cap of a company that runs multiple services for billions of users to the average American salary. That really shows where your brain is at and why you keep landing on the conclusion that this is unfair.

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