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Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month (9to5google.com)
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[–] 27 points 3 years ago (6 children)

Increasing the price of a service that is already piss-poor value for your money is incredibly smart. Who the hell is gonna pay 14$ per month just to get rid of ads?

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

    It also includes YouTube Music. Yes, I know, many will say they value proposition it's still poor even with that. Honestly it's worth it to me. I subscribe to the family plan because we watch a lot of YouTube and listen to a lot of music. No ads plus unlimited music for 4 people is worth it to us.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Same I get a lot of use out of the family plan. My group of friends just exchange various family plans to save money. I take care of YouTube, another friend Spotify, etc. I absolutely hate ads and can work around them but still like supporting my favorite channels. I've been on YouTube for well over a decade and is pretty much my main video entertainment, so well worth it.

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

    Well, I pay money to get rid of ads on Twitch, but I watch.... a lot of hours of Twitch.

    I imagine if someone watches as much Youtube as I watch Twitch, it'd likely be worth it for them.

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

    Adblockers work on Twitch, though it can take a little doing. Twitch in particular doesn't ike adblockers, but you can still block the blockers blocking your adblocker if you do it rights.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    People who're gullible. I'm sure Twitch thought the same thing when their subscription service is exactly the same thing. $12 a month, just to remove ads. On top of them assuming you have Prime too, which is $15. So they want you paying $27 to get rid of ads.

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  • [+] -13 points 3 years ago

    I suspect that most existing subscribers won't even notice that the price is increasing and will keep letting it charge them anyway. AOL still makes money this way.

    And not everyone is as savvy to set up an ad blocker, especially on mobile.

    As for value, that's always subjective. There are probably people who would argue that is more than worth their money. Not me though.

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