9to5GaggingOnGooglesBalls
YouTube ‘Premium Lite’ is for those that already have a music subscription
Submitted 23 hours ago by moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world
https://9to5google.com/2025/02/20/report-youtube-premium-lite-no-music/
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vinyl@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
So a way to remove ads at the cost of $ and better tracking. Instead, I’ll stick with piped, greyjay, unlock, etc and make it harder to track me and save the $.
Fuck Google.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
I have no problem paying, just let me use my app of choice and don’t track me. If YouTube did that, I’d be a paying customer instead of a leech.
LaggyKar@programming.dev 18 hours ago
Still doesn’t allow background playback though, so it’s useless to me
Slaxis@discuss.tchncs.de 14 hours ago
And that’s why I sideload a modified YouTube that includes ad blockers, sponsor segment skipping and background playback, among other things.
overload@sopuli.xyz 14 hours ago
I won’t pay for YouTube almost solely because Revanced is such a better experience than YT could be. They cannot bundle in Sponsor block without an outrage.
AstralPath@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
Try Grayjay. It supports background playback.
WiseWoodchuck@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I’ve always wondered why Google doesn’t include a YouTube subscription with YouTube TV. They charge enough for it already…
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 hours ago
Because why make less money when you can make more money
Ulrich@feddit.org 17 hours ago
Because you haven’t approached the situation with the mindset of a careless greedy fuck.
Sturgist@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
Why would the actively make search worse to try and drive engagement time?
muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 21 hours ago
Is that like PipePipe for idiots?
Bali@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I feel the battle will get harder for extractor like NewPipe. I really hope NewPipe will always work despite Google constantly changing their YouTube code.
Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
Didn’t they already have this before but removed it? At least in my country a “lite”-variant was available but they removed it like last year.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Who still uses Google products?!?
JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
You
TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 23 hours ago
They’ve needed this for a long time.
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
I’m holding out for Premium Lite Pro.
huquad@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
Now with ads!
timroerstroem@feddit.dk 21 hours ago
I think that’s called grayjay.
VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
Nah, you better wait. I’ve heard that Youtube 2 is almost out.