• xts@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      IDK why people are downvoting. I could see it being decent for YT Music but for YT Premium you’re literally paying for features free software can do for free. So it’s not really a good deal by any metric.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t think this is a good POV. The biggest reason I prefer to pay for YT Premium is so creators still get revenue from me watching their videos

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          1 year ago

          Except if you want to support creators and ensure they get all the money there’s far better ways that aren’t paying for adblocking lmao.

          YouTube makes more money than ever, they are being greedy AF.

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            1 year ago

            Alright, can you elaborate on these ways? You could support a particular creator via Patreon, or by buying their merch, sure. What if somebody you’ve never watched before releases a very good video that you stumble upon and watch? What if you don’t have the financial resources to be a part of dozens of separate patreons?

            As far as I’m concerned, YT Premium is the best way for me to support all of the creators behind the videos I watch. For me, I also like YT Music so this ends up being a pretty good deal overall

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              1 year ago

              You can easily buy memberships for channels, which gives more money than premium. In fact, most memberships for channels I frequent are $0.99 a month, so you can definitely afford to support 10-15 of them for the same price as premium.

              That’s great that it’s a good deal for you, but it doesn’t change the fact that google took features that were free to use and locked them behind a paywall. So by default it’s a bad deal on that front alone.

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                I don’t think that’s what a bad deal is. I make decisions based on what is a good deal for me and things I care about.

                With YT Premium for $10/mo I get:

                • support unlimited amount of creators based on watch time
                • no ads
                • YT Music (which is pretty good imo)
                • Support infrastructure behind service

                Without YT Premium for $10/mo I get:

                • support 10 creators directly
                • ads (or constantly fight battle to block them)

                Now, I fully agree that removing features that were previously paid is a dick move, but those aren’t why I have YT Premium anyways. I just don’t think it is an objectively “bad” deal