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YouTube Ends Limited Test That Locked 4K Video Behind Premium Paywall

ELman said:
I got in years ago at 9.99 a month and they haven't changed the price. It also includes You Tube music. In some ways it is better than Apple Music.
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In some ways. You can find more music videos (of course) and songs that aren’t available otherwise (5000 Candles in the Wind!)

As much as Youtube can be garbage, it can also be incredibly educational. Just don’t click the clickbait.
 
The only way I would be ok with this limitation is if they gave monetization to everyone out of this. EVERYONE.
 
krspkbl said:
good and you better keep it that way Google. i have YT Premium but this would be a stupid move.
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Not really. At worst, free users end up not paying it And give the same amount of money they currently give.. $0. At best, it pushes some people to pay. I've had YouTube Premium for years, so I don't care either way.
 
Sorinut said:
Only if you watch a lot of YouTube. I probably spend less than an hour a month on there.

What on earth does YouTube have that is worth $12.99/month?
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I do.
Ad free videos.
All sorts of content.
Except YouTubers are embedding their sponsors which is tollerable.
 
Sorinut said:
Only if you watch a lot of YouTube. I probably spend less than an hour a month on there.

What on earth does YouTube have that is worth $12.99/month?
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I'm subscribed to around 125 channels & the content I choose to consume is excellent but the sheer amount of adverts was making YouTube just annoying to use. Since I subcribed to premium its just bliss. I'm happy to pay the £12 a month or whatever it is to get an ad-free service.

YouTube is as good as you want it to be.
 
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Nothing comes for free. I’d imagine it will come with quadruple the ads in comparison with 1080P content when watching 4K.
 
YouTube Premium’s pricing is insane, especially given that it can’t be shared with family. How does it makes sense to charge more money for amateur content than big name studios are charging for 7-8 figure movies/shows.
 
SnappleRumors said:
Except YouTubers are embedding their sponsors which is tollerable.
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Actually I find the imbedded ads to be a horrible solution to a problem YT created by blocking creators from using the built ad system. It has gotten so pervasive that it undercuts the value of paying for premium. Most of the channels I watch still have “ad” as a result, despite paying for premium. Premium has consequently been a worse experience over time.
 
NeoSe7en said:
YouTube Premium’s pricing is insane, especially given that it can’t be shared with family. How does it makes sense to charge more money for amateur content than big name studios are charging for 7-8 figure movies/shows.
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There is a family option. I'm currently using it.

With that said, offering all this data transferring for free must be expensive or at least taxing on networks. I wonder if they'll place more ads on higher quality videos.

Twitch in Korea has limited stream quality internally (to their citizens) to 720p. Or they have announced it will happen soon due to costs. Though people outside the country can view 1080p streams.
 
err404 said:
Actually I find the imbedded ads to be a horrible solution to a problem YT created by blocking creators from using the built ad system. It has gotten so pervasive that it undercuts the value of paying for premium. Most of the channels I watch still have “ad” as a result, despite paying for premium. Premium has consequently been a worse experience over time.
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I actually filed a complaint saying I paid for commercial free content and yet still get them. No reply, of course.

At least we can advance through creator‘s ads.
 
CarAnalogy said:
As much as Youtube can be garbage, it can also be incredibly educational. Just don’t click the clickbait.
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The removal of the 👎 feature makes it harder to screen out the garbage. Before, I would skip videos with higher ratios of 👎 to 👍 because it will either be rubbish content😑, awful camera work😵‍💫, annoying music😒 or, worst of all, long winded rant from the YouTuber.😪 Now, even garbage videos can have high like ratings.😠

I don't subscribe to any channels, but I have a list of go to channels for information I'm looking for. I mostly watch home repair, cooking and sewing channels to see if it's a task I can handle or hire a pro.
 
joshwenke said:
Why are so many people saying this and liking this comment?
Get Brave and uBlock Origin. Haven't seen a YouTube commercial in years. For free...
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Do those work in the YouTube app?

Btw - there‘s nothing wrong with being poor, but then again it’s nothing to brag about either.
 
Mousse said:
The removal of the 👎 feature makes it harder to screen out the garbage. Before, I would skip videos with higher ratios of 👎 to 👍 because it will either be rubbish content😑, awful camera work😵‍💫, annoying music😒 or, worst of all, long winded rant from the YouTuber.😪 Now, even garbage videos can have high like ratings.😠

I don't subscribe to any channels, but I have a list of go to channels for information I'm looking for. I mostly watch home repair, cooking and sewing channels to see if it's a task I can handle or hire a pro.
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Get the YouTube dislikes extension for your browser if you’re on desktop
 
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