• xts@lemmy.world
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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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      1 year ago

      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