Comment on YouTube Premium family plan price update ($17.99/month -> $32.99/month!)
ChronosWing@lemmy.zip 8 months agoIt’s because you also get youtube music streaming included with it. If netflix had its own music streaming service bundled in their prices would be even higher than they are now.
aksdb@feddit.de 8 months ago
Music might really be their main problem. Basically every video has some music in it. If not in the foreground, then in the background. Even game soundtracks in Let’s Plays are often under license. So the moment someone plays any such video, the content mafia comes around the corner with their baseball bats in hand collecting their tolls.
So I assume if they have to pay for music any way, they figured they might as well include a tailored music listening experience with Premium.
ChronosWing@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
No, it was honestly just a replacement for google play music.
aksdb@feddit.de 7 months ago
My point was: they likely have to pay for licensed music to the content mafia, so they cannot really offer anything without including music in the pricing.