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YouTube Tests Cheaper 'Premium Lite' Subscription for Ad-Free Viewing
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I like the idea of this. I personally don’t care for anything else, just ad free viewing.
however, subscription fatigue is real, and I wish all the content providers would offer themselves alongside others with discounts, something similar to Apple one, only you get to choose what you want, and the more you sign up to the bigger the discount. Hopefully this will happen one day, since this seems to be the way things are going these days.
however, subscription fatigue is real, and I wish all the content providers would offer themselves alongside others with discounts, something similar to Apple one, only you get to choose what you want, and the more you sign up to the bigger the discount. Hopefully this will happen one day, since this seems to be the way things are going these days.
I doubt they get that much ad revenue so the recent addition of more ads to non monetised content and much more intrusive multiple insertion just to force me to pay instead isn't going to work. I'll just deploy better filtering/watch less until they come up with a sensible price.
I rarely watch YouTube on my iPhone so it has been a while. Though I just tried it and yes I did see one video with an add....the other 5 or so I started did not. So Wipr on iOS is hit or miss. On my Mac...Ublock stops them every time and so does Wipr with Safari (tried a bunch of videos).
It's about time. I pay for premium but I don't use any of the other features. I just want no ads and not to have to use blockers and airplay and all that nonsense. This can't come soon enough.
I'd pay $7/mo just for the background play feature, but I won't pay $12/mo. Paying more for YouTube--for content they didn't even make--than for Netflix is just something I won't do.
I guess Youtube is trying to figure out the best price, but even € 6,99 is still too much, and they still gather all your info and habits to sell to the highest bidder.
Will Youtube make it even cheaper in the future, or throw even more irritating commercials into it, to tempt users.
Addbock Plus is the best option for now, when it drops to € 3,99 I might consider it
Will Youtube make it even cheaper in the future, or throw even more irritating commercials into it, to tempt users.
Addbock Plus is the best option for now, when it drops to € 3,99 I might consider it
I pay for Youtube premium and don't use YouTube Music, background playback, or offline downloads. In fact, I don't even know what background playback is. I'd switch to this Lite version in a second.
So the fact of being free of ads is worth quite a lot to you ;-)
But when are they going to roll out ‘Premium ultra max light feather super’ plan?
Agreed, have to pay Google to avoid their ads and still deal with the “Today’s sponsor is”. If you complain in the comments about it you’ll be bombarded with “they have to make money” crap. Funny how they made ”enough” before sponsors where a thing. If google would crack down on this practice I would pay for premium.
Or just use ublock for an ad free experience, haven't seen an ad in a decade. 3.4 million ads blocked in 2yrs over many sites, mostly YT that I haven't seen.
I make Ads for YouTube, so I like to see what they're doing and how they're working.
However it feels like the sheer number they either have added in themselves or created an economy where creators add them in under incentive will drive people towards this option. I watch YT more than TV.
However it feels like the sheer number they either have added in themselves or created an economy where creators add them in under incentive will drive people towards this option. I watch YT more than TV.
Offer a bundle. Don't want ads? $1.99 a month. Want no ads, background playing? $3.99 a month. Want all of those and offline downloads? $6.99. Then whatever else the full premium version allows.
I only use a PC and don't own a single Mac as I don't like them myself and it's a gaming PC mostly so it has to be Windows. So it's Windows 10, Chrome and Ublock which work great together.
For my iPad and iPhone though I find 1Blocker or AdGard work very well on Safari and even block YT ads on there, I do use both on Safari which I shouldn't really but they seem to play nicely together and haven't caused any page issues yet. Plus with the Safari YT PiP shortcut I get to have an ad free experience with PiP on my iPad/iPhone without the bloody nagging YT app asking to buy a subscription half the time I open it.
For my iPad and iPhone though I find 1Blocker or AdGard work very well on Safari and even block YT ads on there, I do use both on Safari which I shouldn't really but they seem to play nicely together and haven't caused any page issues yet. Plus with the Safari YT PiP shortcut I get to have an ad free experience with PiP on my iPad/iPhone without the bloody nagging YT app asking to buy a subscription half the time I open it.
Same here in Finland. And I don’t see any option for Premium Lite in the YouTube app at the moment, just the 15,99 EUR Premium.