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YouTube Premium Price Raised in Seven Countries Following Crackdown on Ad Blockers | Technology News (www.gadgets360.com)
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The countries where YouTube Premium is getting more expensive include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, Germany, Poland, and Turkey.

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[–] Tedrow@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I have no problem with paying for no ads, in fact I think it's ideal. But they keep increasing prices and justifying it by including YT Music. Honestly, if you aren't paying for another music service already it's a great deal. Problem is I don't know anyone that does this.

[–] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 10 months ago

I did this, but I was paying for YouTube music and then noticed that YT Premium was thrown in. I don't care about that but my daughter watches YT, so great. Then they raised the price to be significantly higher than other music apps so I cancelled. Right about then, they threw in YT Premium for free with my Fi plan so I was back in. Turns out that was only a 1 year trial and it's up next week. We've moved to another music service and my daughter is learning about ad blockers and alternative front ends now.

Thanks Google!

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They also harvest your data. It's not like you're just paying for no ads. You're paying AND they're stealing your crap.

[–] yuunikki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

I'm not paying no ads. I will gladly use ublock-origin and they'll just keep one upping YouTube every time they try to put ads in