YT Premium is the single most valuable subscription service on the net right now. Don't regret mine a bit. I listen to hours and hours of YT Music a day, and I watch probably a few hours of YT content a night as well.

[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You say that today. Give it a couple years. I'm pretty sure that by 2030, the cost will be ~100 dollars/euros/whatever per month and you'll see 2 minutes of ads for every single minute of content you watch. (Okay, maybe the number of ads is an exaggeration, but I don't think the monthly cost is.)

Don't pay the Danegeld. It never makes them go away.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Paying a business to provide a service you use is not ransom.

"They might raise prices later" is an idiotic reason not to pay for something.

[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Exactly, if they price it stupidly they'll lose paying customers (I don't buy into the free market ideology)

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 2 points 10 months ago

Can't lose paying customers if they have nowhere to go. Youtube basically own the western audience and they simply can't switch to youtube competitors because there isn't any left. At least japan still has niconico and china has a lot since youtube doesn't operate there.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago

If I compare the usage of Netflix vs Youtube

Last 7 days (from right now): 24h 30min
Last time I used Netflix in a high volume: Probably <12h. At absolute highest maybe 18-20h in total.

But: YT usage is consistant. Netflix/service of choice is at best a seasonal happening if a show is very good and you binge it.

So to me it's worth it enough to keep. But I'd want to have an option to remove music as I prefer Spotify, have optionally Jellyfin and dont need yt music.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

I get you're saying its a great value because of what you get out of it, but I'm not comfortable pricing things in that way... I'd rather it be based on the actual cost. I know real prices don't tend to work that way (or at least not in many cases) but it just feels icky and exploitative still.