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Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month

20 points by mfiguiere 3y ago

deviance 3y ago
It's all downhill from here...
thefurdrake 3y ago
Product hasn't improved, but the price increases. Enshitification intensifies. Think I'll keep stealing from Google.
ravenstine 3y ago
It's just a matter of time before YouTube introduces ads to Premium, which is why I won't be paying for it. It would be one thing if YouTube had a history of respecting their users/customers and continually delivered more value, but they've failed on both fronts. I don't trust them to not make the deal worse all the time. YouTube, while still a valuable resource, is way less valuable to me than it was even a few years ago. Broken/distracting search, real thumbs-down removed, videos defaulting to 480p on a high speed connection, ads everywhere, their algorithm being hyper selective of videos with MrBeast-face thumbnails... and they want me to pay for that shit?
- DoesntMatter22 3y ago
  I actually think twitter has a good chance to eat up a lot of youtube market. Youtube has gone downhill and I find myself watching things on Twitter when they are cross posted. Youtube thus far has been unassailable but I think they could make some inroads
- freedomben 3y ago
  Why do you think they'll put ads on Premium? The whole point of premium is to avoid ads. I would think they'll lose tons of subscribers if they do that.
- sp332 3y ago
  I'm already getting ads in search results. I searched for a show and the top "result" was for a competing show, marked with the little "ad" symbol in the search UI (not part of the video thumbnail).
nenaoki 3y ago
I was looking into how much of the revenue share goes to creators yesterday; couldn't find any percentage or dollar amount from the fee, but that a premium user view is worth ~double a standard view.
raarts 3y ago
Weird. According to my YouTube app I still pay $7.99/month?
- sp332 3y ago
  If you got in back then, there was some kind of promise that the price wouldn't go up. Newer customers don't get that deal. Make sure your payment method is always up to date or they'll cancel it and you'll have to restart with the new terms.
ROTMetro 3y ago
Got the email, clicked the link and canceled. That's just too high for what you get and how they treat content creators and stress Google puts them through demonetizing and then requiring people go through a byzantine process. If I'm paying to support creators having those very same people randomly lose their income stream and go through a ton of stress doesn't exactly make me feel good about paying.
GoToRO 3y ago
The price was already high for something that is not a product it's just extortion: "pay us or you'll get ads! Pay us or we will disable features from your phone like play in the background". There is no recommandation engine for example, you just get the same clips over and over again.
jrnichols 3y ago
I blame the big NFL deal, honestly.

20 points by mfiguiere 3y ago

deviance 3y ago

It's all downhill from here...

thefurdrake 3y ago

Product hasn't improved, but the price increases. Enshitification intensifies. Think I'll keep stealing from Google.

ravenstine 3y ago

It's just a matter of time before YouTube introduces ads to Premium, which is why I won't be paying for it. It would be one thing if YouTube had a history of respecting their users/customers and continually delivered more value, but they've failed on both fronts. I don't trust them to not make the deal worse all the time. YouTube, while still a valuable resource, is way less valuable to me than it was even a few years ago. Broken/distracting search, real thumbs-down removed, videos defaulting to 480p on a high speed connection, ads everywhere, their algorithm being hyper selective of videos with MrBeast-face thumbnails... and they want me to pay for that shit?

DoesntMatter22 3y ago
I actually think twitter has a good chance to eat up a lot of youtube market. Youtube has gone downhill and I find myself watching things on Twitter when they are cross posted. Youtube thus far has been unassailable but I think they could make some inroads
freedomben 3y ago
Why do you think they'll put ads on Premium? The whole point of premium is to avoid ads. I would think they'll lose tons of subscribers if they do that.
sp332 3y ago
I'm already getting ads in search results. I searched for a show and the top "result" was for a competing show, marked with the little "ad" symbol in the search UI (not part of the video thumbnail).

nenaoki 3y ago

I was looking into how much of the revenue share goes to creators yesterday; couldn't find any percentage or dollar amount from the fee, but that a premium user view is worth ~double a standard view.

raarts 3y ago

Weird. According to my YouTube app I still pay $7.99/month?

sp332 3y ago
If you got in back then, there was some kind of promise that the price wouldn't go up. Newer customers don't get that deal. Make sure your payment method is always up to date or they'll cancel it and you'll have to restart with the new terms.

ROTMetro 3y ago

Got the email, clicked the link and canceled. That's just too high for what you get and how they treat content creators and stress Google puts them through demonetizing and then requiring people go through a byzantine process. If I'm paying to support creators having those very same people randomly lose their income stream and go through a ton of stress doesn't exactly make me feel good about paying.

GoToRO 3y ago

The price was already high for something that is not a product it's just extortion: "pay us or you'll get ads! Pay us or we will disable features from your phone like play in the background". There is no recommandation engine for example, you just get the same clips over and over again.

jrnichols 3y ago

I blame the big NFL deal, honestly.