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YouTube Premium is getting a huge price hike in over a dozen countries, sparking user backlash. Some countries are experiencing hikes between 30% and 50% (mas.to)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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YouTube Premium users across the globe are facing significant price hikes as Google increases subscription costs in over a dozen countries. This follows earlier price jumps in various regions, including the United States last summer. The latest increases vary by region, with some countries experiencing hikes between 30% to 50%. For instance, in Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Italy, the Family plan will rise from €18 to €26 starting November, while the individual plan will increase by €2 to €14.

Countries affected by these changes include Ireland, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, UAE, Switzerland, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Colombia, Thailand, Singapore, Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic, and Denmark. Although most Reddit reports are from European users, the price hikes also impact the Middle East, Colombia, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia. YouTube had already raised its subscription prices in India by 15–20% in late August.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Must be 50-60 people right? Who pays for premium??

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

YouTube is the only streaming platform I pay for. I don't want to bother with 3rd party apps, and I use it every day. Plus I get YouTube music out of it, so I don't need to pay for Spotify. Overall 7/10 it's fine.

No judgements toward people who don't want to pay though, I get it.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (14 children)

I can't wait for google to crash and burn. Bring back GeoCities and Netscape navigator.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The "black tape project" videos are all available for free guys!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought YouTube Premium was like WinRAR. Nobody actually pays for it.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Use NewPipe if you're on Android.

You're welcome.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Firefox + uBlock Origin already does it too. No ads, and I can listen even when my phone is locked.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

FreeTube for desktop.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Tubular if you want a newpipe fork that also includes Sponsor skips!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Just did cause of ur comment actually, thank you so much!

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

Can't wait to see this bubble burst.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

The Peertube protocol developers should develop a central hub webpage space for newcomers, allow accounts there to follow all channels in every instance (and to only follow and block specific instances too), and then develop apps for smart tvs. It's the only realistic FOSS alternative to Youtube i can think of, and i dont know why the first point is still non existent (having already subscribed to several channels in 3 instances using separate accounts).

[–] [email protected] 142 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

It is morally correct to adblock youtube.

E: I can’t hear any of these counterpoints over the sweet ad-free youtube I’m getting for free.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Or just not watch.

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

Not watching has a much better moral argument.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Yup. But people would rather just carp on about Revanced and Insidious or whatever, as if everyone has the time to and the inclination to set that up.

Meanwhile, everyone else will piss and moan for a month, then pay up and keep watching.

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

If you have the time to watch YouTube enough that you're considering premium you have enough time to set up these systems. The time it saves you makes back the setup time very quickly for someone watching even a moderate amount of YouTube.

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[+] [email protected] -11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Wouldnt that just cause them to increase prices more? Since now someone else has to pay for the bandwith you use?

Thus what you are doing is using your technological know how to offload your costs onto less technical users who can't adblock.

The morally correct thing to do is to stop watching youtube and/pr go to a paid platform that's an alternative, like floatplane or nebula and support the creators there, isn't it? But let's be honest, we all know you just want adfree youtube videos for free.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

I’m ok with all of that. It furthers my goal of hitting the platform back in response to their predatory marketing practices and de facto monopoly. Also, I do support creators outside of youtube. In short, I don’t feel bad about any of this.