YouTube is axing its ad-free Premium Lite subscription plan
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YouTube’s Premium Lite subscription is going away.

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…

  • airportlineEnglish
    61·
    9 months ago

    So they’re actively working to block ad blockers, showing more ads, and bundling the ad free version with a worse version of Spotify—a no-win scenario.

    The Google’s breakup can’t happen fast enough.

      • Sentinian@lemmy.oneEnglish
        10·
        9 months ago

        This is true. Best use is still using something like soulseek for offline files but algorithm actually let’s you discover outside of the same couple dozen bands

        • PolarisFx@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          7·
          9 months ago

          When I had Spotify I always heard the same stuff and when I invariably got tired of that same stuff and wanted to expand my tastes, I had a hard time finding stuff I liked.

          For all the hate YouTube gets I much prefer it now, not a day goes by where something new (that I actually like enough not to skip) appears in my supermix. What isn’t good about the algorithm is if someone plays something on your account that isn’t what you like, the next week will be constant additions of whatever genre your wife decided to play…

          • XTornado
            4·
            9 months ago

            Yeah I am hoping we can get a guest mode or party mode or something that allows to play stuff of all types that maybe you play for somebody else or because is a party and friends can suggest stuff or similar but that doesn’t mean you will like to listen it usually.

            • Lockszmith@lemmy.ninjaEnglish
              3·
              9 months ago

              I’ve never tried it, but there is the manage history option where you can delete entries from your play and search entries. Also there is the pause history option - but I agree, these are buried and unappealing options most people won’t bother.

              • XTornado
                1·
                9 months ago

                Oh I didn’t know about that… saving for alter for looking where the hell are those options.

              • PolarisFx@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                1·
                9 months ago

                YES!!! Thanks for this, I didn’t know this was an option. I removed all my wife’s additions and it gives me an easy way to down vote songs i don’t want. Haven’t found the pause history option yet but just being able to manage the algorithm is great

                Edit: It’s in Settings under Privacy. Wish it was a button or something easily accessible in AndroidAuto

                • Lockszmith@lemmy.ninjaEnglish
                  1·
                  9 months ago

                  That’s awesome, so glad this helped.

                  I actually shelled out the extra cost for a family plan for my wife and son (as well as my parent’s Sonos) to not need to deal with stuff like this - but I really think this should just be “an option”.

          • Piers@beehaw.orgEnglish
            3·
            9 months ago

            YouTube music seems to hit a perfect blend of stuff you know and stuff you don’t.

      • XTornado
        8·
        9 months ago

        And better catalog due to having YouTube (inside music I mean) as last resort for some music.