▲ 32 ▼ Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month (9to5google.com) submitted 3 years ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Anamana@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) Why permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ipipip@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bloodninja@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago If you have an android tv device check this out. YouTube without the ads. Use it on my Amazon sticks. https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext permalink fedilink source parent [–] Humanius@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SmallAlmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) You pay and you're still the product, they continue with all the tracking they do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Humanius@lemmy.world 1 point 3 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ipipip@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bloodninja@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago If you have an android tv device check this out. YouTube without the ads. Use it on my Amazon sticks. https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bloodninja@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago If you have an android tv device check this out. YouTube without the ads. Use it on my Amazon sticks. https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Humanius@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SmallAlmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) You pay and you're still the product, they continue with all the tracking they do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Humanius@lemmy.world 1 point 3 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SmallAlmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) You pay and you're still the product, they continue with all the tracking they do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Humanius@lemmy.world 1 point 3 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Humanius@lemmy.world 1 point 3 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. permalink fedilink source parent