Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago‘I want to cancel’: YouTube Premium quietly hikes its US prices for the first time in three years, forcing many users to consider the unthinkablewww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square234fedilinkarrow-up1588arrow-down145
arrow-up1543arrow-down1external-link‘I want to cancel’: YouTube Premium quietly hikes its US prices for the first time in three years, forcing many users to consider the unthinkablewww.techradar.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square234fedilink
minus-squareBazell@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoWhat is the point of premium except for not having ads anyway?
minus-squareSuggestionofhuman@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoIf you watch for hours a day no ads is a big thing. Otherwise you get at least one ad per video if not more. Plus you get yt music with premium. Plus you can skip ahead over sponsor stuff in videos too.
minus-squareKaChilde@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoAll of these things are achievable without paying YouTube.
minus-squareBazell@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThis is not worth paying so much money as they are, asking for.
minus-squarePhoenixDog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI literally watch for hours a day on my second monitor in my office. I also have a YouTuber who I just let run overnight on my tv as background noise. Neither my pc or tv shows ads, and I don’t have premium.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBeing able to download both videos and music is a big one, it saves me a lot of mobile data.
minus-squareBazell@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoI use 3d party indie apps for it. For free or for much cheaper.
What is the point of premium except for not having ads anyway?
If you watch for hours a day no ads is a big thing. Otherwise you get at least one ad per video if not more. Plus you get yt music with premium. Plus you can skip ahead over sponsor stuff in videos too.
All of these things are achievable without paying YouTube.
This is not worth paying so much money as they are, asking for.
I literally watch for hours a day on my second monitor in my office. I also have a YouTuber who I just let run overnight on my tv as background noise.
Neither my pc or tv shows ads, and I don’t have premium.
Being able to download both videos and music is a big one, it saves me a lot of mobile data.
I use 3d party indie apps for it. For free or for much cheaper.