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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 month ago (3 children)

TL;DR

  • YouTube is increasing subscription prices outside the US, affecting both individual and family plans.

  • The price hike differs per region, with some seeing changes between 30% to 50%.

  • If you're impacted, it makes YouTube Premium more expensive than Spotify Premium and Apple Music.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

It's more than 50%. In Sweden it goes from 179 SEK to 279 SEK for family - that's almost 56% which is an insane price hike. But hey I'm glad it helps YouTube "improve the service". I would be out if I didn't want my family to be able to watch without ads on several non Android devices and a smart TV..

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you’re impacted, it makes YouTube Premium more expensive than Spotify Premium and Apple Music.

I find this particular comparison interesting to bring up. A Youtube Premium subscription also includes a Youtube Music sub (at least in the US, not sure about everywhere else). Which theoretically makes those subscriptions unnecessary as well (ignoring differences in catalog, device availability, etc. of course).

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah but YouTube music is utter trash and we don't use it anyways. We're just gonna cancel the subscription tbh with you, paying $25 a month was already not worth it so we're just gonna jump ship now contrary to how we dealt with Netflix and their incremental increases. Getting tired of service providers overcharging everyone and constantly raising prices, not because they added more value but because you got used to paying for it so you'll probably keep paying.

It's time for a new YouTube, y'all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Peertube. It definitely needs more content, but as far as I can tell, it is one of the few viable alternatives. Primarily because one single server does not have to stream the video to every client because every client who watches the video also by default I think acts as a seeder to new people watching the video

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Money is the problem. How contractors get paid.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

agree. it's got probably the best content range, but the most God awful UI of all the streaming services I've tried