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Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month (9to5google.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/android@lemdro.id
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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.

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[–] 56 points 3 years ago (10 children)

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

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Indian family plan is £2 a month for 6 people.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

    Does it block people who don't live in the same location/state?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    In fairness, the amount of YT that I watch on TV/iPhone makes it worth the cost

    Yeah, my take was "the good I get out of YouTube is worth that, so if I'm in a situation where I need to pay that, I'd pay it".

    For me what I don't like is that I haven't seen anything about Google not using it to profile me. If I get an account with Google, pay them, then they have not just the usage data, but it linked to financial data, which makes it a lot easier for them to build a profile. And that I don't want.

    Google provides some good services, and they are services that I'd be willing to pay for, but I don't want to be paying the bill and having Google building a profile on me. Maybe some people don't care about that, but I do.

    Hell, even if Google were to say "we won't profile you", I'd have no way of knowing that they wouldn't change their policy in the future.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Any video service builds a profile of you based on viewing habits.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    I have never subscribed to any video service where the service provider knows what I'm watching and has my financial data. The last service I got was (traditional, no provider-provided box) cable video service, about fifteen years back. All the provider knows there is that I got the basic cable package.

    The closest I ever came was being in the random sample for a Nielson Ratings poll, which I did not respond to (and in any event, I am sure that they do not profile individuals, because their sample is too small to make doing so worthwhile).

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