I’ve only subscribed to YouTube Premium for the past two months, and I like the ad-free experience and Music streaming bundled in one price, PHP159 or $3/month. Will this probably my last? Yesterday morning, Google automatically charged me for my YouTube Premium subscription through my e-wallet service.
It was successfully deducted, but the service didn’t update its validity. Does Google want me to charge twice, or they want me to go back on uBlock Origin on Librewolf (desktop) and NewPipe on Android? lol
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Just go back to uBlock Origin. No reason to give Google more money, they don’t respect their customers.
AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Only one reason: supporting independent creators. Sure you could subscribe to someone’s Patreon but I watch videos from all over the place. I respect the work creators put into their videos.
That said, if I could increase the creator’s income cut to 100% and watch 50% less ads… YES PLEASE
hiddengoat@kbin.social 6 months ago
For the price of YouTube premium you could support 14 different Patreons and that dollar would give each one of those creators several times more than YouTube ever will based on your viewing habits.
And let's not forget YouTube's built-in ways to avoid paying the creators on their site any more money than they absolutely have to.
Companion1666@lemmy.world 6 months ago
For me, personally, I don’t really mind how YouTube and other streaming services split their earnings to creatives. If one service stints mine, consumer’s general experience, better to move somewhere similar.
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 6 months ago
you’re not their customer, the ad companies are.
2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
And this is exactly why I will never pay for Premium (again; I unfortunately did for a while) or any other Google service
sir_reginald@lemmy.world 6 months ago
true, we’re the product offered to ad companies
Companion1666@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I have reason: Costs. Recently in my region, Spotify racked their price from ₱129 to ₱149, ₱10 difference with YouTube Premium.
Plus, Spotify keeps shoving their podcast platform on my feed, which is annoying and I’m only streaming music. I rather see or listen something from my followed channels.
P.S. I only created a Google account for just YouTube and to my Android device, nothing else. I don’t use other mainstream Google products.
Pechente@feddit.de 6 months ago
Wait until you hear that podcasts are gonna come to YouTube Music
Z4rK@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I primarily use iOS to watch YouTube. I haven’t found good solutions.
It’s the media platform I use the most. With Premium, in evenly supporting at least 50 creators that I watch regularly. I couldn’t meaningfully do that for the same price through Patreon.
Chobbes@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The best solution I’ve found for the YouTube shenanigans on iOS is the baking soda and vinegar apps.
blackkn1ght@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Sideload uYou plus with Altstore if you want to keep all the account functionality.
Download Yattee from the App store if you prefer to watch with Piped.
eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Sideload an alternative YouTube app with Altstore
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I have had success from both Safari with AdGuard and from Brave browser blocking Youtube ads on iOS. Currently using Brave with no issues.