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YouTube has increased the prices of its Premium plan for individuals in the U.S. from $11.99 per month to $13.99 per month.

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[–] Megaman_EXE 7 points 2 years ago

That's kind of crazy. It was already pretty expensive

[–] falinter@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago

its like $2 in some territories and even thats almost not worth it. $14 is definitely not worth it

[–] BigVault@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Vinegar for iOS and NewPipe for Android to the rescue.

[–] nevernevermore@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay I'll bite. I pay for YouTube Premium and likely will continue to. I rarely watch it on my phone or on a computer, about 95% of my viewing is on a chromecast with android tv or directly from tizen on my samsung tv; so besides some now defunct sideloaded apks on the chromecast, I'm stuck with the native app. And overall yt accounts for about 75-80% of my households streaming on a tv.

I hate ads enough to hand google my money directly. And then part (most, according to google at least) of that goes to the creators that we watch. I think it's a fair enough trade, but happy to hear conflicting opinions!

[–] quirzle@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

overall yt accounts for about 75-80% of my households streaming on a tv

By all means, you do you...but if I were watching that much yt, I'd probably want to upgrade to a Shield or something else I could slap
SmartTube on and stop the recurring/increasing payments.

[–] nevernevermore@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Nvidia shield is bizarrely expensive in my country. Like 50% more expensive than the most expensive Apple TV 4K. Also the method you describe means creators don’t get a cent either. But definitely worth looking into smarttube if I can support creators directly, thanks.

[–] Japhko@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

It's always worth to take a look at revanced: https://revanced.net/