The price of an individual YouTube Premium subscription is increasing $2 to $13.99 per month in the US. YouTube has yet to...
  • FuglyDuckEnglish
    3•2 years ago

    Does…. Any one, actually, you know, subscribe for YouTube?

        • @ipipip@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
          1•2 years ago

          For me its solely because of a ad free experience on my TV, since its the primary device I’m using it on. And i got it relatively cheap from turkey so it’s not that big of a deal. I might reevaluate if the price increases though.

        • HumaniusEnglish
          0•2 years ago

          It really boils down to a few reasons:

          • I don’t like ads, and I prefer not to see them
          • Running a platform like YouTube is not cheap, and I understand that Google needs money to keep things running.
          • The revenue of Premium is split between YouTube and the creators, much like ad revenue is. So it also supports the channels that I follow.
            • HumaniusEnglish
              2•2 years ago

              That hasn’t stopped me from using other Google services like Gmail, Docs, or Drive either.

              If I ever decide I want to opt out of Google’s ecosystem I’ll just serve them a GDPR data deletion request.
              That’s what I did when I deleted my Twitter account as well.

  • 🖖USS-EthernetEnglish
    1•2 years ago

    The amount of downvotes on comments trying to help people not get price gouged and comments supporting these subscription price increases shows me just how many corporate shills are actually out there. No wonder these corps keep getting away with this bullshit.

    Edit: Wow so many people took personal offense to this…almost like it they know it’s true but are afraid to admit it. Everyone is hurting financially right now, some more than others. Yet year over year, the prices keep going up even with record inflation and record profits. Keep shilling folks, enjoy emptying your wallets for the millionaires while you struggle.

  • VeticiaEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    If they made YouTube paid only and lowered subscription to $1-2/month I might consider.

  • @sf1tzp@programming.devEnglish
    0•2 years ago

    Wait, what the FUCK!?!

    This price increase is live for new subscribers as seen on youtube.com/premium. Instead of $11.99, YouTube Premium now costs $13.99/month. Meanwhile, it’s $18.99 if you’re subscribing from the iOS YouTube app.

    I’ve been paying $4/month over market rate this whole time?

      • @sf1tzp@programming.devEnglish
        1•2 years ago

        Not really though? Apple makes good hardware and operating systems, and generally have a good privacy-forward stance when it comes to software (in my opinion).

        Unfortunately it’s not as cut and dry as “use Gentoo” - if my ad revenue is potentially worth x, lemme just pay x for the service. I know I’m not alone in this sense.

    • @freundTech@feddit.deEnglish
      0•2 years ago

      Yeah. That’s normal if you subscribe to things through (iOS or android) apps.

      Google and apple don’t allow apps you roll their own payment methods to “protect their users”. Apps have to use the Google/Apple payment system where Google/Apple take a 30% cut of every payment.

      With YouTube being owner by Google they probably don’t have to pay those 30% on Android, but they have to on iOS.

      • @sf1tzp@programming.devEnglish
        1•2 years ago

        Oh yeah. When you put it that way, it’s totally understandable.

        But now I’ve betrayed the fact that I’m willing to pay a lot for community driven content :D

        Still switching around as soon as I’m back at my PC though

  • @punyGIANT@lemm.eeEnglish
    0•2 years ago

    NewPipe (mobile), FreeTube (desktop), SmartTube (TV). If you did not know about these, you’re welcome.

  • @flossdaily@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0•2 years ago

    I pay $22 per month for the family plan because I don’t want my kids or my folks to have to be constantly inundated with ads. And I enjoy being and to play free music that is exactly the songs I want.

    I was really upset when they raised the price on me, and kicked me off the grandfather plan. But in the end I decided it was still worth it.

    But what the real cost to Google is here is that they have evaporated my loyalty and good will. I now see them as a company that will squeeze me when they know they can get away with it, and that my loyalty and being an early adopter means nothing to them.

    That will definitely affect every future buying decision I make for future products and services.