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If you use YouTube regularly and you have some music subscription, I'm not sure why anyone wouldn't just buy YouTube+ or whatever it's called that gives you fre

If you use YouTube regularly and you have some music subscription, I'm not sure why anyone wouldn't just buy YouTube+ or whatever it's called that gives you free streaming music + no ads on YouTube. I bought it right when it came out just to not have ads on YouTube. Then when you got free streaming music included, it was impossible to turn down. The plus side is that YouTube music recommendations seem to be quite good.

inerte 5y ago
YouTube Premium is a necessity at this point, specially with kids. Also a better business model.
- pgrote 5y ago
  It is a fantastic service. It is a little concerning Google hasn't touched it since it matured. $17.99 for commercial free YT for a family is a bargain considering how much we use it. I have to think there is a major price increase coming.
  - Wowfunhappy 5y ago
    That's already substantially more expensive than a 1080p Netflix subscription!
  - scottyah 5y ago
    The rates can get grandfathered in, I still pay $14.99 for the family plan (hopefully they don't see this and come after my $3/mo)
    - throwawayboise 5y ago
      Hmm. Grandfathered? I've had YouTube Premium Family plan for years, since it was called YouTube Red, and I think mine recently went up to $19.99
omginternets 5y ago
> I'm not sure why anyone wouldn't just buy YouTube+ or whatever it's called that gives you free streaming music + no ads on YouTube. For me, it’s because YouTube is clearly going the way of cable TV, and when they finally start showing ads on those fancy paid subscriptions, I’ll have to deal with the hassle of unsubscribing. I’ll just watch YouTube until it becomes unwatchable, at which point I’ll stop watching.
batiudrami 5y ago
YouTube music is really bad if you're anything beyond a very casual music listener though. The feature set is abysmal. I share YouTube Premium and Apple Music family subscriptions but if pressed would give up YT Premium before I gave up Apple Music.
- amitport 5y ago
  Most people are very casual listeners. Like in most of their products, google seems to be targeting the majority. Also, you're comparing different products in terms of price. YT can offer a "pro" version at an additional premium (though they probably won't... Since they focus on the main use cases)
Krasnol 5y ago
I have ublock origin and NewPipe on the phone. What ads?
ksec 5y ago
If a hypothetical Music Streaming services has a perfect score of 10, Spotify would get 7, Apple Music would be 6 or 5.5, and Youtube Music wouldn't even score a 5. And as usual with Google, they either dont know what they are doing or they dont seems to care about YouTube Music.

inerte 5y ago

YouTube Premium is a necessity at this point, specially with kids. Also a better business model.

pgrote 5y ago
It is a fantastic service. It is a little concerning Google hasn't touched it since it matured. $17.99 for commercial free YT for a family is a bargain considering how much we use it. I have to think there is a major price increase coming.
- Wowfunhappy 5y ago
  That's already substantially more expensive than a 1080p Netflix subscription!
- scottyah 5y ago
  The rates can get grandfathered in, I still pay $14.99 for the family plan (hopefully they don't see this and come after my $3/mo)
  - throwawayboise 5y ago
    Hmm. Grandfathered? I've had YouTube Premium Family plan for years, since it was called YouTube Red, and I think mine recently went up to $19.99

omginternets 5y ago

> I'm not sure why anyone wouldn't just buy YouTube+ or whatever it's called that gives you free streaming music + no ads on YouTube. For me, it’s because YouTube is clearly going the way of cable TV, and when they finally start showing ads on those fancy paid subscriptions, I’ll have to deal with the hassle of unsubscribing. I’ll just watch YouTube until it becomes unwatchable, at which point I’ll stop watching.

batiudrami 5y ago

YouTube music is really bad if you're anything beyond a very casual music listener though. The feature set is abysmal. I share YouTube Premium and Apple Music family subscriptions but if pressed would give up YT Premium before I gave up Apple Music.

amitport 5y ago
Most people are very casual listeners. Like in most of their products, google seems to be targeting the majority. Also, you're comparing different products in terms of price. YT can offer a "pro" version at an additional premium (though they probably won't... Since they focus on the main use cases)

Krasnol 5y ago

I have ublock origin and NewPipe on the phone. What ads?

ksec 5y ago

If a hypothetical Music Streaming services has a perfect score of 10, Spotify would get 7, Apple Music would be 6 or 5.5, and Youtube Music wouldn't even score a 5. And as usual with Google, they either dont know what they are doing or they dont seems to care about YouTube Music.