IronTwo 22 points 3 years ago

Honestly, I pay for YouTube Premium because I find value in it. The price is reasonable for where I live, and it's my main source of entertainment. I don't like watching movies/TV shows that much so YouTube is my jam. So the convenience of being able to download videos, ad-free viewing, picture-in-picture, background playback etc. is totally worth it for me. I know if I dig hard enough and use an Android phone/tablet I can get those features without having to pay, but I don't like Android and again, the features are worth the small price.

For me, YouTube Premium and Spotify broke piracy because they're more convenient than pirating.

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TurretCorruption 7 points 3 years ago

My issue with premium is that they took features away from the old youtube app and then resold them as a part of premium.

It's hard to see the value in premium when half of the features are things they took away from us. It feels like a betrayal, and so i use revanced.

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dlove67 4 points 3 years ago

Also a premium subscriber, and I it's definitely worth it to me (especially since it comes with music and I've got the grandfathered price)

The biggest problem I have with it isn't even a problem with premium. It's that it doesn't deal with sponsor spots in videos.

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LufyCZ 6 points 3 years ago

Try Sponsorblock. Also available through ReVanced on Android.

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Robin 3 points 3 years ago

Same here but YT Music instead of Spotify since Spotify ruined their app. It's a nice package and I like their recommendation engine better.

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garretble 3 points 3 years ago

Same for me. Premium is worth it for the ease of use (especially because I watch a lot of YT on my AppleTV). I don’t want to have to worry about making sure all these ad blockers are set up right, and I also am ok with paying since I believe creators get something from that, right?

When I visit a friend and they pull up YT only for it to have three ads or whatever, I die inside. How do those people live?

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yacht_boy 2 points 3 years ago

I had google play music. Then it became youtube music with youtube premium. They just raised the price on my family subscription by 40%. I considered leaving for spotify, where at least I'd be able to share playlists with all my friends, or apple music because I'm an iphone person now, I guess.

But the ad-free, full-featured youtube is the thing that is keeping me. I won't save significant money by switching, but I'll be giving up something I really get some value out of.

If they change their pricing so that it is significantly cheaper for me to use another service and premium youtube isn't just a bonus I get for paying for my music, I may reconsider. But for now, the package is unbeatable even at the new higher price.

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