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YouTube Premium quietly goes up in price to $14 per month | That's a significant $2 increase with no official announcement. (www.engadget.com)

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YouTube Premium quietly goes up in price to $14 per month | That's a significant $2 increase with no official announcement.::Google has quietly increased the price of YouTube Premium by a significant $2 from $12 to $14, according to the updated signup page..

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[–] NPC@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently started paying for it when I realised the only reason I wasn't already was the fact I didn't want to give Google my money.

You agree with me in this or not, but I use youtube more than any other video service. I pay 10 euro a month for Disney+ and maybe watch an episode or two maybe once or twice a week, while I'm constantly on youtube (I use it a lot for podcasts while travelling hence why I want background playback). I use youtube more than anything else and since I do wanna support the creators I watch, paying for youtube was the logical thing to do for me.

Yes, i don't like giving Google my money, but Disney is just as terrible of a company. At least when buying youtube premium I get benefits on a service I'd use anyway and support people I like, be it through Google.

[–] Void_Reader@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was in the same position until a few weeks ago; mainly used YT for podcasts, downloading videos to watch while travelling etc.

If you have an Android phone, get the NewPipe app from F-Droid. It has pretty much everything that YT Premium offers, but free. It's been working really well for me.

[–] NPC@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've had new pipe before switching over to premium. After coming from vanced, new pipe still just feels too clunky for me and like the recommendation feed and using shorts here and there. If new pipe was more like vanced was, I'll probably switch back but until then I'll think I'll cough up for premium