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Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month
(9to5google.com)
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this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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Wait, what the FUCK!?!
I’ve been paying $4/month over market rate this whole time?
Yeah. That's normal if you subscribe to things through (iOS or android) apps.
Google and apple don't allow apps you roll their own payment methods to "protect their users". Apps have to use the Google/Apple payment system where Google/Apple take a 30% cut of every payment.
With YouTube being owner by Google they probably don't have to pay those 30% on Android, but they have to on iOS.
Oh yeah. When you put it that way, it’s totally understandable.
But now I’ve betrayed the fact that I’m willing to pay a lot for community driven content :D
Still switching around as soon as I’m back at my PC though
Apple tax.
I’ve heard about it but didn’t realize someone like google would blatantly do this. SMH
On PC, I’ve never watched ads. Only bought premium after getting an iPhone 2 years ago.
Appreciate being able to support creators while not watching ads ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ , lot of good that did me.
Create a problem. Generate a paid for solution. ??? Profit!
Not really though? Apple makes good hardware and operating systems, and generally have a good privacy-forward stance when it comes to software (in my opinion).
Unfortunately it’s not as cut and dry as “use Gentoo” - if my ad revenue is potentially worth x, lemme just pay x for the service. I know I’m not alone in this sense.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/premium
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
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