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I've used most available services, but discontinued one after another along with promises that a better user experience will be provided with reduced content and removed functionality with the slight price hike. YouTube was my first and last video service I paid for, only Spotify remains on the borderline.
"To show our appreciation, we're offering the same one-month free trial of our new subscription that we offer literally fucking everyone."
The one month is what got me. A whole one month
Well I was not a high paying costumer, I just went for the lunch and didn't give any tip. Assumed that it was good enough to pay for the basic service.
Based on the screenshot I assume that you used youtube premium lite (what ever this was...) on your smartphone. Therefore, here the obligatory recommendation for NewPipe. Quasi Youtube Premium as apk. It has all the features you need:
There is also the fork NewPipe x SponsorBlock (link to repository) which integrates SponsorBlock into the app. (duh...) This will also skip the creator's ad blocks in the video.
I'd also like to plug ReVanced. You do have to provide your own copy of the YouTube APK (easily downloadable from APKMirror), but it allows you to install multiple patches into the app, including Return YouTube Dislike, SponsorBlock, and other stuff. It allows background play and blocks ads, too. (You can see the list of available patches here.)
These companies are really shooting themselves in the foot with this shit.
Lol, to show our appreciation for being a paid member here's a one month free trial that we give everyone regardless.
Yes it's a joke but I have the option to just leave, worse would be if you are dependent on the platform in some way.
I don't see why companies should show you any appreciation except what you pay for or what you are given in return for your services, it would be nice but I do not demand it.
If you don't like it, leave it, or make a plan you can ditch it.
W the F was premium lite?
This is Lemmy, you can swear here. Don't be afraid to say 'What the frak'.
My mother taught me that it's fucking impolite to say "what" in mixed company
"Huh?" is a solid alternative. Especially as a single word reply on forums. /s
I like a good "Doh!" myself.
this is not a simpsons reference
it's just after 10pm, which means you can drink if you want, and we can say whatever the hell we want
frakking chrome toasters
Watch that fucking language you foul mouthed son of a bitch
It didn't include YouTube Music. It was also offered in a few select countries.
You don't want YouTube + YouTube music but you want Spotify + YouTube? I abandoned Spotify the second YouTube Premium was introduced in my country. I loved Spotify. I started using it back when it was invite only. YouTube Music is worse for sure, but it's good enough and a lot cheaper.
An easy answer, Spotify are where my friends hang around. I would not have any second thoughts to drop Spotify, but for me I love to share playlists, tracks etc with family and friends.
As general nobody use YouTube music here in Sweden.
I use the third party app ViMusic to access Youtube music, not perfect but it works well, looks really good and it's free and without any ads!
YT Music has a lot of the obscure indie (like soundcloud indie) music I love. The mobile app UX is close enough to Spotify.
Why pay for that shit in the first place? Just use YouTube Revanced and install Sponsorblock while you're at it.
I believe one should pay for services/content to promote costumer needs, put your money where your mouth is. But people need to stop being obsessed to always see the latest and greatest movie, sports event, concert etc. The business model would fall and it would force change but that will not happen on this 3rd planet.
In this case I just wanted to remove ads the few times I opened the app without the hustle. Conviniance easily beats piracy, even quality will take a hit.
I pay for mullvad and Proton since I like the service they provide and I encourage people to do the same.
I know what you mean, but I refuse to throw money at Alphabet, when we're basically the tradegoods to them. They siphon and sell off all of our information. I'm not paying for that. If I like a creator, I'd rather pay for their Patreon and get some more benefits with that.
Plus, Revanced is way more convenient than the official YT app. You can customize the shit out of it.
I pay for 3 different streaming services because it's (still) more convenient than piracy. I pay for games because Steam and GoG are super convenient and they constantly have good deals. But fuck YT.
Some of us like to give back to the creators we watch in the easiest way possible while not seeing ads.
Sometimes you would pay for convenience.
In its golden years, I happily paid for Netflix because it had literally everything I wanted and it was easier than torrenting everything.
Yeah but NewPipe and ReVanced aren't torrenting. They're finished apps.
This is stupid. Kick out a customer? Guess €0 per month is better than €7
Greedy fucks
I do not understand the position where companies first provide a good service and and than later reduces the experience and functionality. YouTube especially, when they are providing a platform but not the content.
Their AI would easily see that I more or less gave them free money since I wasn't a high consumer putting any load on their data centers. I paid to remove the worst ads around to just see a few trailers and videos for the kids.
I don't have numbers to offer but the initial pricing may have been losing them money. Some big companies will offer a service at a loss to get more customers to bite, then when the price hikes hit many of the customers will be used to the service and just sign up for the hike.
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They offer 1 month free to show their appreciation? Dont they offer 1 month free to literally everyone? You just open youtube and you are bombarded by "try youtubr premium free 1 month".
Such bullshit "appreciation". This is insulting.
I recommend a trip to India (VPN) for buying YT premium. Together with family I got my monthly price to approx. 1$
🤔mhh that's interesting how does it work in details ... Did u have to always connect from India then ? What else could I apply this trick for ... ?
Revanced
Fortunately there's newpipe and libretube, though the latter feels like regular YouTube app.
or just use sth like revanced if you just want to continue using the official app
I bought premium lite because I often watch youtube on my TV which just has a better bitrate compared to using my web browser. Is there any way to get that better bitrate without paying for the full premium?
As i see this post is getting downvoted, don't think i like paying for it. There just wasn't a feasible alternative for what i wanted. Downvoting questions like these isn't helping, it's just bullying.
As a IT dumbass, it seems all the listed options here so far are for Android. Are there any similar apps for IOS?