Technology

Wait… people PAY for YouTube?

So I have a question for YouTube Premium haters:

How is this any different than what most people pay for both another music service and another video service? It's about half the cost of other music + video services (when combined), even with the increased pricing over the years. I've been paying for YouTube Premium since the awkward Google Play Music transition and it's a bargain, especially when I had my student discount at like $4.99 a month.

Newpipe has me covered on my phone, and a few extensions in FF has me covered on Desktop, and I've already got Spotify. YouTube Premium offers me nothing, and I suspect it's the same for a lot of people.

i wonder what is the ceiling price for most until they will drop it

I never understand the practice of increasing prices to stuff like this when you have less income, because all it does is drive away current and potential customers.

It's like with cinemas, if you reduce the ticket price enough you'll easily fill up screens. If they want more money from YouTube premium they should reduce the price to increase membership to cover the cost and then some for what you reduced it by.

It's not rocket science.

Imagine paying that, damn.

When Google announced Play Music in 2011, I got in early and my subscription price was locked in at $8 USD a month. They gave me Youtube Premium (and Youtube Music) when that launched as part of that subscription. When Play Music was killed, my Premium membership continued at $8 a month.

At the moment, I'm fine paying this very specific early adopter price since I watch a lot of Youtube content. If they ever raise the price on me, it's getting dropped.

Youtube premium is pretty pointless when ublock origin exists.

Edit: sorry should have clarified. I meant in terms of blocking ads. I realize that you still can't play youtube videos and switch apps.

People actually pay money to watch YouTube? I thought that was some kind of elaborate practical joke

Good job YouTube, I was considering picking up your subscription but now nooope, expensive enough in NZD as it is

At this point subscribing to YouTube is just one of the dumbest decisions you can make.

Who tf is actually paying for YouTube premium?!

I miss Google play music. Shit was fire.

I would never pay google for anything. They’re making enough money taking all your data and selling it. I will always use an ad blocker with sponsor block and donate to any content creator that provides good content for me.

They want people to start using YT Premium while slowly blocking ad-blockers, but they increase the subscription price... what?

I cannot imagine paying anything for YT Premium, let alone $14 lol.

I feel like this is the best money in streaming. I mostly watch you tube, and primarily on the tv and phone in the app. Frankly I would prefer to have much more of the internet paid for with you know money instead of ads and not use a blocker.

You tube music also has a much better algorithmic playlist than Apple Music.

YouTube Revanced ftw. Firefox with uBlock Origin ftw too.

So sad there are no free alternatives such as NewPipe that do exactly the same thing.

Enshittification continues…