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I don’t understand the price of YouTube premium at all, it’s way too expensive for what it offers compared to other streaming services: - YouTube does not prod

I don’t understand the price of YouTube premium at all, it’s way too expensive for what it offers compared to other streaming services: - YouTube does not produce its own content, nor does it pay licensing fees. - a premium account is for a single user only, no ‘who is watching’ profiles, meaning you need a subscription for each individual. - there is still an insane amount of ads in videos. - you get a bundled music subscription, or can choose to pay less but then it has arbitrary playback restrictions. - even the lite tier is at least or more expensive than other mainstream streaming services (besides Netflix), which don’t have the same drawbacks.

willcipriano 4y ago
YouTube is the only mainstream service where you can watch Disney+, Netflix and legacy media content in one place so long as you know how to search for it ("Full Episode", "Part 1 of", "Sh0w N@me" instead of "Show Name"). Probably the best deal in entertainment if you use it right.
- graftak 4y ago
  Sure but If I’m gonna watch mortally questionable content I might as well spin up a Jellyfin server and have a better viewing experience, or simply use an ad blocker instead of paying for premium.
  - willcipriano 4y ago
    Oh me too but the average person? YouTube's leadership has to be aware of it and I'd bet money it's part of their strategy. Although if you brought it up they would be shocked like this guy: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbPi00k_ME https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbPi00k_ME
boole1854 4y ago
YouTube Premium is the only video service for which I have consistently keep a running subscription over the last couple years. Reasons: - I vastly prefer an ad-free experience, and I'm willing to pay for it. - I don't care for popular TV shows or movies. The content I want is only available on YouTube. - I use the Premium-only ability to run the app in background on my phone every day. - 55% of the monthly fee is shared with the content creators whose monetized videos I watch, so this helps support creators that I enjoy (not as much as direct donations, but it's not nothing either).
j-kent 4y ago
I fully agree with you. I pay for the family plan which will be going up nearly 40%! The content is all user produced, other than the random 'free' movies that have started popping up. I don't like yt music that comes along with the subscription. I just don't see how they can charge this much.

willcipriano 4y ago

YouTube is the only mainstream service where you can watch Disney+, Netflix and legacy media content in one place so long as you know how to search for it ("Full Episode", "Part 1 of", "Sh0w N@me" instead of "Show Name"). Probably the best deal in entertainment if you use it right.

graftak 4y ago
Sure but If I’m gonna watch mortally questionable content I might as well spin up a Jellyfin server and have a better viewing experience, or simply use an ad blocker instead of paying for premium.
- willcipriano 4y ago
  Oh me too but the average person? YouTube's leadership has to be aware of it and I'd bet money it's part of their strategy. Although if you brought it up they would be shocked like this guy: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbPi00k_ME https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbPi00k_ME

boole1854 4y ago

YouTube Premium is the only video service for which I have consistently keep a running subscription over the last couple years. Reasons: - I vastly prefer an ad-free experience, and I'm willing to pay for it. - I don't care for popular TV shows or movies. The content I want is only available on YouTube. - I use the Premium-only ability to run the app in background on my phone every day. - 55% of the monthly fee is shared with the content creators whose monetized videos I watch, so this helps support creators that I enjoy (not as much as direct donations, but it's not nothing either).

j-kent 4y ago

I fully agree with you. I pay for the family plan which will be going up nearly 40%! The content is all user produced, other than the random 'free' movies that have started popping up. I don't like yt music that comes along with the subscription. I just don't see how they can charge this much.