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YouTube is axing its ad-free Premium Lite subscription plan - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@beehaw.org

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I was happily using this for a year or so now. Feels fairer than using an ad blocker. But now they apparently want more money out of people. Feels like some sort of internet video apocalypse is happening, where the services become extremely fragmented and expensive, like YouTube, netflix, hbo, Hulu, Disney+ and whatnot. Each wants some 10-20€ out of your pocket.

I guess that means back to ad blockers and piracy...

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[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Premium sub probably does but not guaranteed. Iirc, premium subs offer creators $ from google via time watched, vs free users ad impressions.

Its part of the reason why some youtube channels have scheduled Livestreams, as Livestreams make a lot of money off premium subscribers watching.