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Google's latest reason to give them $14/month: "Watch in faster playback speeds with Premium"
(lemmy.ml)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40372957
fyi:
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp lets you download videos (from youtube and also hundreds of other sites)
- for desktop, https://mpv.io/ is free and lets you watch youtube (or any other video) at even more and faster speeds than youtube premium does, among many other features
- for android, https://newpipe.net/ lets you play youtube in the background (and download videos, and block ads, ...)
- https://ublockorigin.com/ blocks ads everywhere (and yes it does still work on youtube, at least in firefox anyway)
I am not against paying for services to unlock extra features, but I utterly despise the way YouTube premium is entirely composed of features we had but they took away.
Years ago I understand why streaming services want to implement paid subscription. But now, I heard that even on premium you will still get ads! It is just milking more money at this stage!
How would you suggest they get people to pay?
Come up with new features that people would be willing to pay for.
How is that any different from shifting existing features to premium? If you aren't paying you're lucky to get anything.
I dont pay and I ad block everything. I'm surprised I can use the site at all. These features are nice to haves and not core to using YouTube.
Lucky to get anything? YouTube couldnt even have grown at all if it was a paid product from the start. People made it into the success it is, by using it, because it was free.
Now when its a monopoly, they do a bait and switch.
So because they started off offering something for free they owe us? Its still free, there has been no bait and switch.
As far as i know, there is a difference in psychology between taking away features and adding the new features already behind a paywall
With you on this. Freeloaders have so many options to use the same service
People pay for features they want. YouTube did a bait and switch and launched their service with all the features that were expected, such as running in the background, no ads, fast forwarding and everything else.
Now when the service is a monopoly, they are removing features instead of adding things that are worth extra money.
Its a bait and switch.
The cost of running YouTube is constantly growing. New features cost extra to develop and maintain. Monetizing existing features lessens the burden and allows the platform to keep providing their core service for free.
Youtube is owned by Google, market cap of 3.7 trillion dollars, third richest company in the America.
3.7 trillion is 62 million times the average American salary.
Lets pray together they will be able to manage their bills this month.
Why are you comparing the market cap of a company that runs multiple services for billions of users to the average American salary. That really shows where your brain is at and why you keep landing on the conclusion that this is unfair.