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YouTube is increasing Premium prices in multiple countries, right after an ad-blocker crackdown | You either pay rightfully for the video content you consume, or you live with the ads.::Google is increasing the prices of YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium subscriptions in some regions, right after blocking ad-blockers.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago (16 children)

If some day I cannot block ads on YouTube I'll go to Patreon or any other platform that gives creators a real share of what I'm paying. Google will not see my money.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I was under the impression that YT Premium paid creators the same per view as YT with ads. Is this not the case?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I believe Louis Rossmann said that giving a single dollar directly to a creator is more than a lifetime of watching their ads. Premium I think is really good comparatively but that's only because ads pay so little.

(https://youtu.be/4Q3ZXQZZlcE?t=55 is where he says this according to his cpm)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/4Q3ZXQZZlcE?t=55

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

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