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[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 171 points 1 year ago (23 children)

This isn’t YouTube Premium; this is YouTube TV which is an entirely different product. YouTube Premium is like $13/mo. and cheaper for students.

[–] Woodyboye@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Sadly, its going up to like $19 a month :(

[–] SuperIce@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

[–] Woodyboye@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unless you know a way to decouple youtube from youtube music, im not wrong. I would happily pay that price for it too.

[–] ayyndrew@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Woodyboye@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you! Ill check that now bc these ads are driving me up the wall

[–] squidzorz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

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