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.
hendu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
Come up with new features that people would be willing to pay for.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 21 hours 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 12 hours 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.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 12 hours ago
So because they started off offering something for free they owe us?
bold_atlas@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
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.
atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 hours 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
schmups@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
With you on this. Freeloaders have so many options to use the same service