Wait a minute. If I look at the premium pricing from the web page it is 11,99 EUR.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
YouTube Tests Cheaper 'Premium Lite' Subscription for Ad-Free Viewing
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
I’m also in Finland, and looking to downgrade from Premium to Premium Lite. But it’s not showing up for me yet.
I'm in a similar situation except I occasionally use my garage TV, a TCL Roku to play music videos as well.
Remember when you could use 3rd party apps for YouTube on iOS? Then Google had them pulled from App Store to force everyone to use Google’s crappy YouTube app.
Can someone explain what it is about background playback that YouTube must charge a premium for? I've been wondering because they don't care if you do background playback on PCs, but on phones and tablets they do. How is it any different?
I mean, they're even willing to create a cheaper tier that doesn't include background playback, so they're truly obsessed with monetizing this no matter what.
I mean, they're even willing to create a cheaper tier that doesn't include background playback, so they're truly obsessed with monetizing this no matter what.
Last edited:
I wonder if their "ad free" option is really ad free. Hulu charges for an ad free option, but it doesn't block all of the ads. Frankly, the Hulu ad free option isn't worth the money as you still get stuck with a lot of ads. They already have ads all over the website, so these ad free options just seem more like extortion than a true option. I'll pass....
Well damn it, forgot the Apple tax that applies to the subscription from the app.
Over the past 4 months or so Google has massively increased the amount of ads on YouTube that it makes using it a slog. But I watch so much crap (and good stuff too) that I would consider this, although the background playback should be standard. Actually, separate all the music service and include offline downloads too.
I have premium lite, it’s called AdGuard. No ads, no monthly fees.
I just want Youtube Premium but NOT the Youtube Music. I already have Apple Music so I do feel like paying twice for two redundant services.
I’d rather keep Apple Music because I live in Apple ecosystem with a few AirPlay systems throughout the house. I do however enjoy Youtube videos. I’d rather this Lite sub being a full YTP sans the music.
I’d rather keep Apple Music because I live in Apple ecosystem with a few AirPlay systems throughout the house. I do however enjoy Youtube videos. I’d rather this Lite sub being a full YTP sans the music.
Still a bit too expensive for ad free. Remove all the frills, just give us ad free and lower price and I will think about it. Though they have increased the number of ads and it is getting tiresome.
I know this can block ads but isn't Google aware when this happens? So if a person runs a YouTube channel who is blocking ads they can be penalised for this?
Please explain how the Brave browser eliminates ads for YouTube on Apple TV.
I just want the ad interruptions to stop.
$0 with tons of terrible ads or $12 a month to go ad-free is too big of a jump.
Disney+ is $7.99 for all of their content and no ads.
Apple TV+ is $5.99 for all of their content and no ads.
YouTube is $11.99 to remove intrusive ads spliced into user-submitted content.
YouTube keeps interrupting videos and cramming in more and more ads before and after videos, then nagging you every day to pay. Several "ads" are nearly feature-length shows, requiring you to interact with the player to skip the 50-minute "ad" to get back to whatever short clip you were just trying to watch. They are basically punishing users unless you agree to their awful pricing.
$0 with tons of terrible ads or $12 a month to go ad-free is too big of a jump.
Disney+ is $7.99 for all of their content and no ads.
Apple TV+ is $5.99 for all of their content and no ads.
YouTube is $11.99 to remove intrusive ads spliced into user-submitted content.
YouTube keeps interrupting videos and cramming in more and more ads before and after videos, then nagging you every day to pay. Several "ads" are nearly feature-length shows, requiring you to interact with the player to skip the 50-minute "ad" to get back to whatever short clip you were just trying to watch. They are basically punishing users unless you agree to their awful pricing.
Generally, maybe. For me tho, its more like 70% TV, 30% iPad, 0.01% iPhone & Mac combined.
Airplay seems to be the answer to that based on the responses í have seen in this thread.
Its not because the scum bag youtubers do the Ads live in their videos now.
They should have named it ‘YouTube Less Premium’. $6.99 is way too much for ad-free YouTube. Make it $2.99 and I’m a member.
You are still getting the same video with the same length. Many YouTube videos try to go overboard with their content to make more money from a second ad, so you are still getting a percentage of videos that are too long to get to the point. If YouTube can change that and ask for videos going straight to subscription, might help drop down length of videos, and get straight to the point.