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minus-squareSuperIce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoNo it’s not. It’s going up by $2 to $13.99/mo. Considering how much time I spend on YouTube, I feel like it’s worth it.
minus-squareWoodyboye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year ago Unless you know a way to decouple youtube from youtube music, im not wrong. I would happily pay that price for it too.
minus-squareayyndrew@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThat’s because you’re looking at it in the iOS app, so they add ~30% to make up for Apple’s cut of in app purchases. If you buy it directly through the YouTube website, it will be cheaper
minus-squaresquidzorz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoI think I’ve seen news rumors that they’re testing an ad-free YouTube-only plan that doesn’t include YouTube Music. (edit: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/2/22605455/youtube-premium-lite-pilot-benelux-nordics-experiment-ad-free-subscription) But the reason you’re seeing $18.99/mo is because of the Apple tax. Go to https://www.youtube.com/premium to see the actual price.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/premium Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
No it’s not. It’s going up by $2 to $13.99/mo. Considering how much time I spend on YouTube, I feel like it’s worth it.
Unless you know a way to decouple youtube from youtube music, im not wrong. I would happily pay that price for it too.
That’s because you’re looking at it in the iOS app, so they add ~30% to make up for Apple’s cut of in app purchases. If you buy it directly through the YouTube website, it will be cheaper
I think I’ve seen news rumors that they’re testing an ad-free YouTube-only plan that doesn’t include YouTube Music. (edit: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/2/22605455/youtube-premium-lite-pilot-benelux-nordics-experiment-ad-free-subscription)
But the reason you’re seeing $18.99/mo is because of the Apple tax. Go to https://www.youtube.com/premium to see the actual price.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/premium
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.