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What subscription finally gave you "subscription fatigue"? (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Learned the term recently and really enjoy it, subscription fatigue is the feeling we all have had now where we are just over how everything is subscription based.

Which one was the last straw or most annoying/frustrating to you?

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[–] 23 points 3 years ago (14 children)

YouTube premium raised their prices. I had got it back when Google music was the thing. Then they raised the price. Then they raised the price again. Then they raised the price again. The last price raise gave me the motivation to check out Spotify and newpipe.

I haven't looked back.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (11 children)

    I'm still grandfathered in from the Google Play Music days, paying $7.99/mo for YT Music + YT Premium. I will never interrupt that subscription and lose that price, haha.

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

    You likely lose that price in December. I got an email telling me so and I believe it applies to all of us grandfathered in. Here's the relevant part of the email:

    As a long-standing and valued member, you are currently paying a lower rate for Premium than the rate available to new subscribers. To show our appreciation for your loyalty, we're giving you at least three extra months at your current price before the price increase will impact your plan. Your price will not increase before your December billing date. Don’t worry, we’ll be sure to notify you again at least 30 days before the new price is effective.

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

    Hmm, what was the subject of that email? I don't see one like that, but I want to be sure.

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

    Use InnerTune and you can drop the price to 0 ;-)

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Pardon my ignorance, I don’t mean to insult, but how does a python library drop the price to zero? Do you have your own app built using this library?

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

    I'm sorry, I could've been more clear. There is an app called InnerTune (F-Droid is an app store on Android that contains only free/open source software) which lets you stream and download all of yt music for free. You can also use the website beatbump.io to stream.

    Youtube Premium is also unnecessary when you use the adblocker Ublock Origin on Firefox. On Android, NewPipe is also a great app to watch and download the videos ad-free.

    That is possible because Google badly protects its content APIs.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    *legacied

    The term grandfathered in has a pretty fucked racist origin.

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

    Had to investigate, and turns out you're right about the origin. The original grandfather clause was meant to exempt blacks from voting. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather_clause

    I'm not a fan of term banning, however. We still use the number 9 even though Hitler said it a lot.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Yeah but Hitler did not create the number 9. Slight difference. There is also no other term to express the number 9.

    Legacied means the exact same thing and does not have the racist origin. There is certainly no ban on using 'grandfathered in' but there is no real reason to use it since it does not convey anything that the term legacied already does.

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