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[–] sf1tzp@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Wait, what the FUCK!?!

This price increase is live for new subscribers as seen on youtube.com/premium. Instead of $11.99, YouTube Premium now costs $13.99/month. Meanwhile, it’s $18.99 if you’re subscribing from the iOS YouTube app.

I’ve been paying $4/month over market rate this whole time?

[–] nanyabusiness@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean if you're using Apple then it's kind of a given that you don't care about corporations bending you over... have you considered perhaps using Gentoo and moving to the woods to live in recluse?

[–] sf1tzp@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really though? Apple makes good hardware and operating systems, and generally have a good privacy-forward stance when it comes to software (in my opinion).

Unfortunately it’s not as cut and dry as “use Gentoo” - if my ad revenue is potentially worth x, lemme just pay x for the service. I know I’m not alone in this sense.

[–] nanyabusiness@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah but when dealing with closed-source, they can just pull the wool over your eye and profit off of you twice. Apple has a façade of privacy but is in fact worse than other platforms, which at least don't try to pretend.

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