The price of an individual YouTube Premium subscription is increasing $2 to $13.99 per month in the US. YouTube has yet to...
  • Plaid_KaleidoscooeEnglish
    17•1 year ago

    Man they just keep turning the screw. I’m almost done with this bullshit. I’ve been a premium subscriber for a minute because I despise ads, but at a certain point, the content isn’t worth the price anymore.

      • Plaid_KaleidoscooeEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        I like this idea. Only problem is I do enjoy quite a few channels/creators. I’m so ready for a legit YT alternative.

        The time is ripe, but I’m afraid that’s too steep a hill to climb for most anyone without burn the world down money.

      • Plaid_Kaleidoscooe
        1•1 year ago

        That would be cool, but my main way of watching is on my TV, through my Xbox. Short of hooking up my laptop to the TV or phone to the TV, that won’t help.

        I wonder if I use an old laptop for a pihole if that would work? I genuinely have no idea.

        • @[email protected]
          -1•1 year ago

          I’ve had an old laptop hooked up to my tv for years. Wireless mouse and keyboard to control everything from the couch. It’s glorious.

    • pensa
      1•1 year ago

      And they won’t stop turning the screw here. It’s going to get worse. The services will get more expensive as more features are cut. The pursuit of endless profits to prevent shareholders from filing lawsuits will make sure of that.

  • @[email protected]English
    10•1 year ago

    They want everyone to shift towards Revanced Extended for Android and Sponsorblock & other YouTube enhancing extensions for PC browsers?

    • ijeffOPMEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      Honestly, their excessive video ads pushed me to those and other alternatives like Newpipe and Libretube long ago. I also dislike the idea of locking basic functionality like background playback behind a subscription (one-time pro app payments would’ve been fine to me).

  • Yewb
    6•1 year ago

    Hey lets increase revenue by raising prices - said the ceo looking only for short term growth at the expense of long term growth.

    I cant wait for this publicly traded corporation debt ponzi scheme goes away

  • @[email protected]English
    5•1 year ago

    I can never let go of my $7.99/mo grandfathered plan from Google music which is now YouTube premium. That and Spotify are the only subscriptions I can justify now.

    • Captain_Ender
      3•1 year ago

      Same. $7.99 still here. This better not make it go up, been trying out Tidal and like it much better, will definitely switch if this goes up to $14

  • @[email protected]English
    4•1 year ago

    I recently discovered invidious, or however it’s spelled. The reason I started using it was because I wanted to get rid of YouTube shorts. They are too addicting and there is no way to turn it off on the official app.

    The lack of ads is so nice, I think I’ll keep using it.

    If they only had a way to remove or hide YouTube shorts, then I’d still be using their app watching their ads.

    • ijeffOPM
      6•1 year ago

      Existing subscribers will start to see the new pricing with their next billing cycle.

      • sadreality
        2•1 year ago

        Wtf… Well fuck me daddy sandar… Fuck me harder

        That’s 40% hike for me

  • rafaEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    I’m paying 0.40€ and still think it’s expensive