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Oof I think this service is only worth it if you have a family plan and everyone helping. That is how I personally make it reasonable in terms of pricing.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’m in the UK and it’s already too expensive imo.

Would be great if I could just pay for no ads YT without YT music.

In fairness, the amount of YT that I watch on TV/iPhone makes it worth the cost, but any increases and I’ll probably just cancel and watch less YT, which isn’t a bad thing.

Or maybe just look at getting one of those Turkish subscriptions for like £2/month

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would subscribe in a heartbeat if I could get a cheaper subscription without youtube music.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it’s just absolutely useless for me.

I’ve got a decent Sonos setup and use Tidal because the quality on YT music makes everything sound meh.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Indian family plan is £2 a month for 6 people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does it block people who don't live in the same location/state?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope. You only need a VPN on the initial purchase then you can add or remove family members as you wish.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think it is possible anymore. If you've signed up in the past you're fine. However, you now need a payment card from the country in order to purchase.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A lot of streaming services are cracking down on workarounds it seems. Many have stopped accepted disposal debit cards as a means of repeatedly getting free trials.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In fairness, the amount of YT that I watch on TV/iPhone makes it worth the cost

Yeah, my take was "the good I get out of YouTube is worth that, so if I'm in a situation where I need to pay that, I'd pay it".

For me what I don't like is that I haven't seen anything about Google not using it to profile me. If I get an account with Google, pay them, then they have not just the usage data, but it linked to financial data, which makes it a lot easier for them to build a profile. And that I don't want.

Google provides some good services, and they are services that I'd be willing to pay for, but I don't want to be paying the bill and having Google building a profile on me. Maybe some people don't care about that, but I do.

Hell, even if Google were to say "we won't profile you", I'd have no way of knowing that they wouldn't change their policy in the future.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any video service builds a profile of you based on viewing habits.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have never subscribed to any video service where the service provider knows what I'm watching and has my financial data. The last service I got was (traditional, no provider-provided box) cable video service, about fifteen years back. All the provider knows there is that I got the basic cable package.

The closest I ever came was being in the random sample for a Nielson Ratings poll, which I did not respond to (and in any event, I am sure that they do not profile individuals, because their sample is too small to make doing so worthwhile).