They believe creator should be paid. That’s about it.
Theoretically it lets you skip the occasions when Noutube/[insert youtube front end]/uBlock origin has issues blocking youtube ads, but that’s rare nowadays.
I’m not saying it is a good value, just that it is one of the features. So just before a flight you can click download on a bunch of videos on your devices. That can be done otherwise, but not quite as simply on mobile devices as one click.
Or right I forgot they added officially endorsed piracy and no rights group thought to challenge it. But then again anyone with a web browser can do the same.
I pay because I use yt music and my PRIMARY tv watching is YT, and I use one or the other all day long.
YT has no ads, and I can skip with the press of a button most creator ads so it’s kinda nice and easy. (Yes I know what sponsor block is and it’s installed on Firefox so one less button press on my pc)
Do I pay YouTube FOR the creators? Nope
I pay so I can sign in / watch yt or listen to my music anywhere without jumping through hoops.
I also have / sometimes use grayjay on my phone (and I paid futo for it to support it)
I have smart tube next on my Nvidia shield too. My wife/son use it mostly.
I sync yt music to my Garmin watch for running, I run about 20 miles a week so add that to feature I’m paying for.
I downloaded a handful of videos before flying to CA earlier this week, but the flights had WiFi so that didn’t really give me anything special ;)
Can I do all this without paying, sure, but I don’t mind paying for stuff I get value from.
Am I happy about $4/mo increase? Absolutely not, but it’s not gonna break me either. $4/30 is .13c a day.
Videos that stop at 1080p often have an increased bitrate option with Premium (no idea how YT decides when to offer it). 1440p and 4k are available to all without Premium.
Also to note are regional pricing differences. Let’s for example compare US and Ukraine pricing:
Plan
United States of America
Ukraine (converted to USD)
Ukraine (UAH)
Student
$8.99
~$1.36
₴59
Individual
$15.99
~$2.28
₴99
Family
$26.99
~$3.43
₴149
Though I don’t know how much that would seem over there.
But anyway, I pay $1.99 for DNS (NextDNS), so $2.28 for streaming high quality video without ads? Sure, would seem fine.
I wonder how much cost difference there is on the Google side between the regions.
Why do people pay for this? Are there any real advantages?
They believe creator should be paid. That’s about it.
Theoretically it lets you skip the occasions when Noutube/[insert youtube front end]/uBlock origin has issues blocking youtube ads, but that’s rare nowadays.
You can also download videos, for offline playback.
I can do that without paying tho.
I’m not saying it is a good value, just that it is one of the features. So just before a flight you can click download on a bunch of videos on your devices. That can be done otherwise, but not quite as simply on mobile devices as one click.
Or right I forgot they added officially endorsed piracy and no rights group thought to challenge it. But then again anyone with a web browser can do the same.
Speaking for everyone?
I pay because I use yt music and my PRIMARY tv watching is YT, and I use one or the other all day long.
YT has no ads, and I can skip with the press of a button most creator ads so it’s kinda nice and easy. (Yes I know what sponsor block is and it’s installed on Firefox so one less button press on my pc)
Do I pay YouTube FOR the creators? Nope I pay so I can sign in / watch yt or listen to my music anywhere without jumping through hoops.
I also have / sometimes use grayjay on my phone (and I paid futo for it to support it) I have smart tube next on my Nvidia shield too. My wife/son use it mostly.
I sync yt music to my Garmin watch for running, I run about 20 miles a week so add that to feature I’m paying for.
I downloaded a handful of videos before flying to CA earlier this week, but the flights had WiFi so that didn’t really give me anything special ;)
Can I do all this without paying, sure, but I don’t mind paying for stuff I get value from.
Am I happy about $4/mo increase? Absolutely not, but it’s not gonna break me either. $4/30 is .13c a day.
No 5 seconds forced delay when using ad blockers
Higher bitrates available
Ad blockers don’t work on Chromecast, other solutions don’t offer easy casting from the phone app
Better value than audio only services like Spotify
Revanced never offered above 1080p for me.
Morphe is generally offering 1440 and 2160, if available.
Videos that stop at 1080p often have an increased bitrate option with Premium (no idea how YT decides when to offer it). 1440p and 4k are available to all without Premium.
Also to note are regional pricing differences. Let’s for example compare US and Ukraine pricing:
Though I don’t know how much that would seem over there.
But anyway, I pay $1.99 for DNS (NextDNS), so $2.28 for streaming high quality video without ads? Sure, would seem fine.
I wonder how much cost difference there is on the Google side between the regions.