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I pay for YouTube's premium service and I don't get ads either.

quadrangle 6y ago
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mrweasel 6y ago
I do the same. I am a little annoyed that I can’t pay for ad-free Youtube without also buying YouTube Music, which I didn’t need. Content costs money, and if I don’t want ads, I need to pay the difference. I where a little surprised to see Linus Tech Tips break down they income and showing that Youtube Premium as significant source of revenue.
- radium3d 6y ago
  As a music listener I love YouTube music app, it's great being able to listen to almost anything I want in high quality any time.
  - FalconSensei 6y ago
    I tried a couple years ago, but didn't like it that much. Ended up going back to spotify. I remember trying to get the Guardians of the Galaxy awesome mix, and it only had a youtube video with all songs glued together. Also, it was a bit weird experience overall because they matched so many random videos
  - mrweasel 6y ago
    It is great, I just didn’t want it originally, but now that I paying for it I’ve started using it a fair bit.
  - Tijdreiziger 6y ago
    When I tried it, I couldn't deal with it auto-generating a 'related' playlist whenever I played anything. (I pay for YT Premium, so if I could use YT Music then I wouldn't have to pay for Spotify.) How did you deal with that problem?
    - radium3d 6y ago
      To get around that go to the artist and start a song from their top playlist or an album and it will just play their songs.
- azinman2 6y ago
  I think it’s they’re intrinsically baked together as YouTube has had to license music for all those YouTube music videos, which are hugely popular as you could imagine.
- cpeterso 6y ago
  Yeah. I don't use YouTube Music and don't care about downloading or background playback, so I'm not ready to pay $11.99/month just to hide ads.
azinman2 6y ago
I do too and pay everywhere I can for the services that I use. The world would be a far better place if it didn’t need ad support, and the only alternative that so far works at all is direct payment.
dimator 6y ago
Along these lines, why doesn't google introduce a paid search service without ads? My hunch is that no matter the price point, it would be a huge revenue hit compared to actual advertising payments. My other hunch is that it would make the non ad-free experience greatly cheapened in the eyes of the consumer, in the same way youtube with ads feels different after experiencing youtube premium.
- HDMI_Cable 6y ago
  They have Google Workspace, which is pretty similar, but more focused on small businesses.
- lotsofpulp 6y ago
  Because if you allow a paid option, all the people worth advertising to switch to that, and now the advertising portion of the business is worth a lot less. They’re betting they can get more out of advertisers than paying subscribers.

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mrweasel 6y ago

I do the same. I am a little annoyed that I can’t pay for ad-free Youtube without also buying YouTube Music, which I didn’t need. Content costs money, and if I don’t want ads, I need to pay the difference. I where a little surprised to see Linus Tech Tips break down they income and showing that Youtube Premium as significant source of revenue.

radium3d 6y ago
As a music listener I love YouTube music app, it's great being able to listen to almost anything I want in high quality any time.
- FalconSensei 6y ago
  I tried a couple years ago, but didn't like it that much. Ended up going back to spotify. I remember trying to get the Guardians of the Galaxy awesome mix, and it only had a youtube video with all songs glued together. Also, it was a bit weird experience overall because they matched so many random videos
- mrweasel 6y ago
  It is great, I just didn’t want it originally, but now that I paying for it I’ve started using it a fair bit.
- Tijdreiziger 6y ago
  When I tried it, I couldn't deal with it auto-generating a 'related' playlist whenever I played anything. (I pay for YT Premium, so if I could use YT Music then I wouldn't have to pay for Spotify.) How did you deal with that problem?
  - radium3d 6y ago
    To get around that go to the artist and start a song from their top playlist or an album and it will just play their songs.
azinman2 6y ago
I think it’s they’re intrinsically baked together as YouTube has had to license music for all those YouTube music videos, which are hugely popular as you could imagine.
cpeterso 6y ago
Yeah. I don't use YouTube Music and don't care about downloading or background playback, so I'm not ready to pay $11.99/month just to hide ads.

azinman2 6y ago

I do too and pay everywhere I can for the services that I use. The world would be a far better place if it didn’t need ad support, and the only alternative that so far works at all is direct payment.

dimator 6y ago

Along these lines, why doesn't google introduce a paid search service without ads? My hunch is that no matter the price point, it would be a huge revenue hit compared to actual advertising payments. My other hunch is that it would make the non ad-free experience greatly cheapened in the eyes of the consumer, in the same way youtube with ads feels different after experiencing youtube premium.

HDMI_Cable 6y ago
They have Google Workspace, which is pretty similar, but more focused on small businesses.
lotsofpulp 6y ago
Because if you allow a paid option, all the people worth advertising to switch to that, and now the advertising portion of the business is worth a lot less. They’re betting they can get more out of advertisers than paying subscribers.