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

Oof I think this service is only worth it if you have a family plan and everyone helping. That is how I personally make it reasonable in terms of pricing.

  • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
    7·
    3 years ago

    I’m in the UK and it’s already too expensive imo.

    Would be great if I could just pay for no ads YT without YT music.

    In fairness, the amount of YT that I watch on TV/iPhone makes it worth the cost, but any increases and I’ll probably just cancel and watch less YT, which isn’t a bad thing.

    Or maybe just look at getting one of those Turkish subscriptions for like £2/month

    • ahto@feddit.deEnglish
      3·
      3 years ago

      I would subscribe in a heartbeat if I could get a cheaper subscription without youtube music.

      • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        3 years ago

        Yeah, it’s just absolutely useless for me.

        I’ve got a decent Sonos setup and use Tidal because the quality on YT music makes everything sound meh.

        • Carter@feddit.ukEnglish
          2·
          3 years ago

          Nope. You only need a VPN on the initial purchase then you can add or remove family members as you wish.

          • bazzawhite@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            3 years ago

            I don’t think it is possible anymore. If you’ve signed up in the past you’re fine. However, you now need a payment card from the country in order to purchase.

            • Carter@feddit.ukEnglish
              1·
              3 years ago

              A lot of streaming services are cracking down on workarounds it seems. Many have stopped accepted disposal debit cards as a means of repeatedly getting free trials.

  • pdlrd://@terefere.euEnglish
    7·
    3 years ago

    I use smartTube ony my TV (with sponsorblock integrated), LibreTube and newPipe on my phone (no ads, and download included), and YouTube + adguard, sponsorblock, unhook, dislike button extensions on my Desktoo. With all that effort, i do not need paying for Youtube premium.

  • Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.deEnglish
    3·
    3 years ago

    I use it too rarely to justify paying monthly. Now I thought about it, if it were only like 4,99. That’s still 60 bucks a year, which is a lot for all the in-video ads you see anyways. But triple that, hell nah.

  • krzschlss@kbin.social
    41·
    3 years ago

    I’ve been sailing the last few years so far out, I can’t see the land anymore. And kinda don’t care about land anymore…

  • waterbogan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    I used to have this bundled with Youtube Music. The Youtube Music app was possibly the worst Android app I have ever used, slow, unstable, buggy and flaky as all hell. Ditched it for Deezer which has a terrific if slightly disorganised catalogue and a far better app

  • EddieTee77@lemdro.idEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    They are also raising it for student plans. I got an email saying my student rate is going to $7.99 starting in September

    • LoafyLemon@kbin.social
      3·
      3 years ago

      NewPipe is also a good alternative if you want to cut Google off your data, it doesn’t use accounts and instead subscriptions are kept locally on the device.

      • zxo@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        3 years ago

        I don’t comment at all, so NewPipe gets most of the functionaloty I would ever want from YouTube. Plus, it also helps by not having personalized reccomendations to keep me stuck watching it.

    • DrQuint@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

      I only use revanced because I consider picture in picture and playback with screen off a basic feature, and removing it to monetize inherently immoral.

      The fact it comes with everything else is bonuses. I’d pay for those bonuses, but I won’t if they try to cheat me beforehand.

      • jamiehs@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        3 years ago

        The regular YouTube app won’t even do PIP on iOS even with the premium subscription; it’s ridiculous.

  • rastilin@kbin.social
    1·
    3 years ago

    Objectively, Youtube Premium is the one streaming service that I actually use… with youtube dlp because actually I can’t stand the interface at all anymore; but even so, I use it and I feel ok about paying for it.

    • RixMixed@lemmy.ca
      2·
      3 years ago

      Why do you have a subscription and use YouTube dlp, doesn’t that just download the video whether you have a subscription or not?

  • MajorToedly @lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    “YouTube Vanced” on my phone (Pixel 7 Pro) and then use “Smart Tube Next” on my Sony Bravia Android TV, I’d happily pay for just Ad-free YouTube but I refuse to pay for YouTube music bundled into it.

    • NENathaniel@lemmy.filmEnglish
      51·
      3 years ago

      Feels like one of the best value subscriptions to me?

      I use YouTube more than most streaming services and it helps support creators

  • JesusRat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    3 years ago

    I can somewhat understand Hulu and Netflix raising prices because of video content licensing but Youtube Premium? Fucking stupid as hell.