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You can choose to pay for convenient download functionality and background playback on mobile, and think of the ads as a bonus, if you prefer.
by morsch 3y ago
You can choose to pay for convenient download functionality and background playback on mobile, and think of the ads as a bonus, if you prefer.
- alpaca128 3y agoLet me guess: the download functionality doesn't actually give me access to the DRM-free video file and when YT deletes a video it's useless to me.
- morsch 3y agoSure. I wouldn't recommend it for archival. I would recommend it for downloading a few videos before a trip when you expect flaky/slow internet. Much more convenient than the youtube-dl dance I did before. Ymmv.
- TrickyRick 3y ago[dead]
- npteljes 3y agoOf course it doesn't. It's just allowing Google to have a local cache.
- squeaky-clean 3y agoI'm a premium subscriber but the background playback thing is a pretty insulting idea to me. They can save like 95% of the bandwidth if I'm listening to something audio-only. So why make it part of the more expensive option?
- ubercow13 3y agoIt's probably a licensing thing due to the large amount of music on Youtube.
- npteljes 3y agoNah, come on. It's just a popular feature that they locked behind the paywall, so that more people subscribe. Don't get me wrong, I really like my Premium. But this decision is a business one, not a technical one, and I was charitable.
- ubercow13 3y agoEven if it's a business decision, so what? It makes perfect sense, Youtube cant charge advertisers for video ads played when the app is in the background.