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Youtube premium also includes other features, such as ability to download videos to view offline (e.g. flights). But I also feel like you have an incorrect uns
by knorker 3y ago
Youtube premium also includes other features, such as ability to download videos to view offline (e.g. flights).
But I also feel like you have an incorrect unstated assumption: People are not perfectly rational. The difference between paying $0 and paying $1 is ENORMOUSLY bigger than the difference between paying $1 and $12.
C.f. people will spend hours finding the perfect app that is also free, instead of just paying $2 for the perfect app they found after 2min. It doesn't make any sense.
- danaris 3y agoPirating YouTube videos with a third-party downloader also gives me the ability to download them for offline use, and see no ads.
- knorker 3y agoI don't judge you, but when I actually can pay for a product that is as good as (or better) than pirated, then I don't mind paying. For youtube I can. So I do. It's just a shame that so many industries give you a worse product than what you can pirate for free. I actually am willing to pay.
- danaris 3y agoIf I could pay the creators for what they make on YouTube, I would do so relatively cheerfully. I have zero interest in giving money to a company that is actively trying to undermine everyone's privacy and security in the service of its own profit.
- knorker 3y agoI guess that's what patreon is for.