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Google is currently selling this service for youtube, branded "youtube red." It costs $10/mo and as part of that they also offer to repair some of the cripplewa

Google is currently selling this service for youtube, branded "youtube red." It costs $10/mo and as part of that they also offer to repair some of the crippleware in the youtube app. It doesn't seem worth it, to me. I need ad blockers anyway for other ad services and annoyances so I end up just avoiding their built-in ad-riddled apps and going through a browser for things like youtube. It's a poor experience but better than dealing with ads. I understand the value prop for shipping crippleware apps in a low cost android phone, but they ship the same stuff on flagship $1k phones like the pixel. It's a bizarre choice.

CPLX 8y ago
I pay it. For the most part I'm pretty happy about it. I fucking hate ads, and I do like watching YouTube videos. It's a straightforward model.
- binarymax 8y ago
  Same here. I got it as a trial to watch Cobra Kai, and then when I realized there weren't any more ads for anything I stuck with it! I've been watching way more Youtube now too, and have been discovering some great content that I wouldn't have found otherwise due to my severe distaste for ads.
larrik 8y ago
It comes with Google Play's streaming music service too, though.
Reedx 8y ago
I've been paying for YouTube Red (now Premium) ever since they started it. It's very much worth it. Between Netflix and Youtube you can replace cable. It's frustrating how people complain about ad supported models while at the same time aren't willing to pay for it. So much entitlement. There's also the option of not consuming their resources.
- throwaway76543 8y ago
  I already don't have cable, there's nothing to replace. I don't use youtube very often and if Google wants to paywall youtube entirely that's fine by me. Don't disingenuously introduce some silly entitlement canard - I never made a suggestion of entitlement. What I did point out is that they're making a mockery out of their premium phone brand by shipping it with crippleware. Check back and see what that decision costs them in a decade. Google is absurdly bad at product.

CPLX 8y ago

I pay it. For the most part I'm pretty happy about it. I fucking hate ads, and I do like watching YouTube videos. It's a straightforward model.

binarymax 8y ago
Same here. I got it as a trial to watch Cobra Kai, and then when I realized there weren't any more ads for anything I stuck with it! I've been watching way more Youtube now too, and have been discovering some great content that I wouldn't have found otherwise due to my severe distaste for ads.

larrik 8y ago

It comes with Google Play's streaming music service too, though.

Reedx 8y ago

I've been paying for YouTube Red (now Premium) ever since they started it. It's very much worth it. Between Netflix and Youtube you can replace cable. It's frustrating how people complain about ad supported models while at the same time aren't willing to pay for it. So much entitlement. There's also the option of not consuming their resources.

throwaway76543 8y ago
I already don't have cable, there's nothing to replace. I don't use youtube very often and if Google wants to paywall youtube entirely that's fine by me. Don't disingenuously introduce some silly entitlement canard - I never made a suggestion of entitlement. What I did point out is that they're making a mockery out of their premium phone brand by shipping it with crippleware. Check back and see what that decision costs them in a decade. Google is absurdly bad at product.