F*ck no. I was finally seriously considering buying YT premium for Google not f**king anything up in the past few months, bringing back sort by oldest, and knowing I'm not part of the anti AdBlock trial to make their anti AdBlock efforts less effective.
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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Don't these companies realise they'd have far more subscribers if they weren't so fucking greedy... Newpipe & Libretube ftw๐๐ผ
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I cancelled yt music subscription today after hearing about the price increase. Musi is a much better iOS app than yt music anyway bc the interface is simpler and it actually lets me play all the music while yt music is like you can't play this song right now due to copyright.
People actually pay for this crap?
Well yeah, I have a family subscription and I don't need to pay for another music subscription like Spotify etc. YT music has come a long way since it's release (i've been with it aince the start) and it's great now. I like that you can watch the music video version too.
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This feels like they are trying to recover revenue lost from the NFL Sunday Ticket deal they made.
I mainly use FreeTube on PC and NewPipe on phone, not to avoid ads, but I just find it a much nicer and more peaceful experience (free of recommendations, Shorts etc).
I actually do pay for YouTube Premium family subscription, but its mainly to protect my less tech-savvy family and friends from ads, and to avoid seeing ads on my Android TV projector.
I started several years ago with the YouTube Premium family plan. It gave me:
- YouTube Originals
- YouTube Music
- No ads
- Background playing
My kids are fine with it. It saves me and them a Spotify subscription. Having YouTube Originals disappear somewhat, lessened the value for me. Once the kids are not under my roof anymore, I'll have to rethink this subscription plan. But that will be in eight years, or so. In that time so much will change, it's not even worth thinking about it.
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Nope