YouTube Premium Lite $7.99 a Month Ad-Free Tier Expands to the US

[shindailoversDF]

I just report every ad that comes up as inappropriate and proceed.

 

[salz4life]

Damn.... no background play will keep me on the regular tier (for now).

 

[CarAnalogy]

Isn’t gating pip behind a paywall against apples rules? How do they keep getting away with this?

All developers are treated equally by Apple. Some are just more equal than others.

 

[dannyyankou]

I’ve been getting their regular premium subscription for $9.99 by adding it a perk on my Verizon plan. I wonder if they’ll add basic as an option for a cheaper price.

 

[brofkand]

I’ve been getting their regular premium subscription for $9.99 by adding it a perk on my Verizon plan. I wonder if they’ll add basic as an option for a cheaper price.

Does verizon seriously call something you have to pay for a "perk" ?

 

[dannyyankou]

Does verizon seriously call something you have to pay for a "perk" ?

Yes, but the whole point is that they take about 29% off the price.

 

[azentropy]

Interesting. Might have to give that a try next time, but just renewed the yearly plan last month. I don't use it for music and rarely play music videos.

 

[brofkand]

Yes, but the whole point is that they take about 29% off the price.

a discount is a perk, fair enough. good way to look at it.

 

[peneaux]

I bought AdGuard for Mac (not the extension) Lifetime License for $10. At Stack Social. It's $30 now but they release discounts now and then. I got mine during Black Friday. Totally worth it.

 

[brofkand]

Interesting. Might have to give that a try next time, but just renewed the yearly plan last month. I don't use it for music and rarely play music videos.

I do the same with the subscriptions I truly love - get the yearly plan to save money.

 

[Ursadorable]

Wait, YouTube has ads? Oh right, I'm running a system-wide adblocker (Adguard) that runs at the network stack level. No browser extensions necessary. Works for all apps that use HTTP/HTTPS including Spotify.

 

[Michael Scrip]

Considering how much Youtube I watch now that I don't have cable TV... the $140/year I pay for the full Youtube Premium is worth it to me.

I get all the premium features like background play, downloads, and no ads.

Oh and I get a music streaming service too!

It's the one subscription service I actually love.

😎

 

[klasma]

Regarding b

I can't believe they gate background play as a "feature"...

Disabling background play for any of these features is just so scummy.

Damn, no background play.

Exactly why I'm sticking to the $14 one I've had for 7 years.

Regarding background play on iOS, see https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/keep-youtube-playing-in-background-on-iphone/

 

[paulcons]

The biggest percentage of youtube watching I do on my TV, so ad blockers are irrelevant. I wonder if they have a trial for the lite version like they do for the $14/month version?

 

[Spunk Bubble]

Adguard works just fine.

 

[xSushi]

I want them to remove the annoying annotations that cover videos at the end when viewing via Apple TV.

 

[bigtallguy]

Wait, YouTube has ads? Oh right, I'm running a system-wide adblocker (Adguard) that runs at the network stack level. No browser extensions necessary. Works for all apps that use HTTP/HTTPS including Spotify.

I’ve been running pihole for years and my understanding has been that dns related blockers like pihole and adguard cannot block YouTube ads and the only way to do this is through a browser extension, which would not work on an Apple TV. Is there something I’m missing?

 

[Böhme417]

I guess I can’t be part of the pilot right now. It’s not showing for me.

 

[jole]

FINALLY!

But then they fail with the "most videos" and leaving out background/offline play.

YouTube — I like your product, but I do not like nonsense. Allow me to pay monthly to get rid of nonsense without forcing another music subscription (I already have one and will not be switching),

 

[paulcons]

Well, I found ZERO mention of this supposed service when I went too possibly sign up, just the top priced one (oh, they did have a "student" version for $8/month, but I think that's the full version).

 

[generdude]

My ad blockers costs $0 a month 🤔

Which ad blockers? I had one but it stopped working.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I will keep using my adblocker as long as I can, along with the " Downie" app.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Adguard works just fine.

Doesn't work on the TV. I don't watch much youtube, but when I do, I only watch it on the big screen in the living room.

 

[jonnyb098]

What is "most videos" here? I am not so willing to pay to later realize I do see ads on videos I want to watch!

Reading the article does wonders!

 

[djcraze]

I've been waiting for a cheaper YouTube premium membership. I was really hoping it would be more like $5 or $6, but I may concede.