Comment on YouTube Premium quietly goes up in price to $14 per month | That's a significant $2 increase with no official announcement.

Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• NPC@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I recently started paying for it when I realised the only reason I wasn’t already was the fact I didn’t want to give Google my money.

  You agree with me in this or not, but I use youtube more than any other video service. I pay 10 euro a month for Disney+ and maybe watch an episode or two maybe once or twice a week, while I’m constantly on youtube (I use it a lot for podcasts while travelling hence why I want background playback). I use youtube more than anything else and since I do wanna support the creators I watch, paying for youtube was the logical thing to do for me.

  Yes, i don’t like giving Google my money, but Disney is just as terrible of a company. At least when buying youtube premium I get benefits on a service I’d use anyway and support people I like, be it through Google.

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  • Void_Reader@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I was in the same position until a few weeks ago; mainly used YT for podcasts, downloading videos to watch while travelling etc.

    If you have an Android phone, get the NewPipe app from F-Droid. It has pretty much everything that YT Premium offers, but free. It’s been working really well for me.

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    • NPC@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve had new pipe before switching over to premium. After coming from vanced, new pipe still just feels too clunky for me and like the recommendation feed and using shorts here and there. If new pipe was more like vanced was, I’ll probably switch back but until then I’ll think I’ll cough up for premium

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• al4s@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  • No ads
  • Creators get more money than from ads
  • YouTube is less dependent on advertisers
  • You can get it in a bundle with YouTube music It’s not that bad of a deal. Music and YouTube are the two pieces of media I consume most, so it makes sense for me.

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  • sgtgig@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Same reasons here. Also, if you regularly watch Youtube on smart TVs/streaming boxes, etc. it’s just the most hassle free way to not get ads there.

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    • lenninscjay@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      yes, but this increase is a bit rough.

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• fubbernuckin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I kinda wanted to for awhile because I’d much prefer to have a service like that be paid instead of driven by ads, but it’s getting harder to do that with how they’re operating.

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• dunestorm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t pay specifically for YouTube with no ads, that’s just a nice bonus, the primary reason is YouTube Music which is amazing.

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• Chickerino@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  i mean i would get it if the platform wasn’t trying to take advantage of you, but considering youtube’s moves in the past few years and especially recently with some people getting adblock-blocked, yea i don’t think supporting them further is a good idea

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• BitingChaos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I pay!

  I was paying $90 a month for cable TV. Something that I hardly watched. When I did watch it, half the time I was watching OTA channel that I could just pick up with rabbit ears.

  I was spending more time watching YouTube (everything from car crash videos, to videos of people doing lawn care, to reviews of tech stuff), and I was getting fed up with the ads.

  So, I stopped paying the $90 for TV, bought a new HDHomeRun with a new antenna, downloaded the Pluto TV app, and subscribed to YouTube Premium.

  Now I get my OTA shows, get some of the stuff I liked with cable (The 24/7 Tosh.0 channel on Pluto TV is pure delight), and I can binge all the dumb shows I want on YouTube without a single ad getting in my way.

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