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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by testcase_delta on Thursday November 19, 2020 @12:06PM (#25151579)
YouTube premium is great, I'm surprised it's not more popular. I'd cut my Spotify subscription way before YouTube, but that's not what I typically hear from my friends.

Spotify = Streaming music $12/month YouTube = Streaming music + learned SolidWorks + learned Blender + learning Spanish + general entertainment of all sorts... $12/month. YouTube is incredible.

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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by phjordon on Thursday November 19, 2020 @06:06PM (#25155438)
It’s not popular because it’s incredibly expensive. For $12/month you get:

- No ads

- Minor usability improvements to the app

- “premium” content

- YouTube Music

The “premium” content is trash and YouTube Music is the worst music app with any significant effort put behind it, in addition to being a significant step down from Google‘s previous offering.

Most people would rather deal with the ads.

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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by chii on Saturday November 21, 2020 @03:28AM (#25168497)
If youtube premium allowed you to access _all_ member's only videos on all channels, then it's be worth it.
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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by vdfs on Thursday November 19, 2020 @12:17PM (#25151706)
It's not popular here because "YouTube Premium is not available in your country"
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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by toper-centage on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:11AM (#25157994)
Also, I'd rather not feed the monopoly even more.
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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by mplewis on Thursday November 19, 2020 @12:24PM (#25151807)
YouTube Music is a joke.
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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by TACIXAT on Thursday November 19, 2020 @12:55PM (#25152182)
Really? I get my best music recommendations from normal YouTube. I figured their music service would be solid. Apple Music which I primarily use can’t find me new artists that I like, and when I had Spotify it was awful.
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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by toper-centage on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:13AM (#25158005)
Really? I get the total opossite. Spotify keeps letting me find amazing bands with just 2 years if learning my taste. Youtube keeps telling me I want to watch the same music videos over and over.
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