The price of an individual YouTube Premium subscription is increasing $2 to $13.99 per month in the US. YouTube has yet to...
    • Humanius@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1119·
      2 years ago

      It really boils down to a few reasons:

      • I don’t like ads, and I prefer not to see them
      • Running a platform like YouTube is not cheap, and I understand that Google needs money to keep things running.
      • The revenue of Premium is split between YouTube and the creators, much like ad revenue is. So it also supports the channels that I follow.
      • Anamana@feddit.deEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        I didn’t know the channels get some of the revenue. Do you get to influence who the money goes to? Like a twitch prime sub?

        • WxFisch@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15·
          2 years ago

          It replaces the ad revenue the channel would otherwise have gotten from your view, at a higher rate than an ad impression.

        • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          Basically a percentage of your premium is divvied out based on watch time. When I signed up it was half of my payment went to creators, I don’t know the current split though

        • Humanius@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          I’m not entirely certain, but as far as I’m aware it is divided based on watch-time.

          • Anamana@feddit.deEnglish
            5·
            2 years ago

            On your watch-time? I mean then it’s cool, cause you don’t even have to do anything. On the other hand I would probably have to log out to watch content I don’t want to support financially.

    • Iridium@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      It’s not bad if you max out the family subscription (5 members) and use YouTube music.

      Still, I’m a hypocrite because I absolutely hate their habit of hiding features behind the paywall, and making ads more obnoxious to irritate users into paying for premium.

      • ToastyBanana@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 years ago

        Ya’ll should just VPN to Argentina and get the sub for cheap, it’s a few bucks per month compared to the obnoxious 13.99.

        I pay around 2€ for mine per month plus the VPN fees, it’s a no-brainer

      • Anamana@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Ah ok, certainly makes sense for ur usecase. I didn’t meet anyone who was YouTube music yet. Does it have high quality audio or is it just YouTube quality?

    • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Because I use YouTube more than every streaming app and my Plex server combined. And the creators I watch get money and I don’t have to see ads

    • _finger_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I use it so much for work that I just can’t rely on a typical ad blocker and I can’t justify not paying for it at this point.

      • Anamana@feddit.deEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Haha fair, I mean it’s cool that people pay for it. I was just curious what the reasons were, because I never thought about it.

    • Relo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I got premium because I have ADHS and need to listen to something when I want to sleep or do chores. With premium I can turn my phone screen off of let it run in the background.

      • Anamana@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Dunno if you have iOS or Android, but on Android you can also just use Newpipe :)