YouTube Tests Cheaper 'Premium Lite' Subscription for Ad-Free Viewing

Posted by Tomte on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:38AM
from the macrumors.com dept.

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Re:YouTube Tests Cheaper 'Premium Lite' Subscription for Ad-... by beezischillin on Monday August 02, 2021 @10:57AM (#28037305)

Or you can also just create an iOS shortcut to open videos in PiP from the Share menu with no ads…

I would buy YouTube Premium before I’d pay for Netflix if they didn’t constantly mess with their creators.

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Re:YouTube Tests Cheaper 'Premium Lite' Subscription for Ad-... by asquabventured on Monday August 02, 2021 @12:07PM (#28038497)

Are there any links or technical details on how this works?

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Re:YouTube Tests Cheaper 'Premium Lite' Subscription for Ad-... by beezischillin on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @04:20AM (#28046841)

Read the description on how to set it up, it involves a tiny bit of extra work: https://shortcutsgallery.com/shortcuts/youtube-pip/

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Re:YouTube Tests Cheaper 'Premium Lite' Subscription for Ad-... by cute_boi on Monday August 02, 2021 @10:18AM (#28036825)

although they will track you as much as they can. And the price really doesn't justify as it doesn't have background playback according to article.

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Re:YouTube Tests Cheaper 'Premium Lite' Subscription for Ad-... by Slippery_John on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:25AM (#28037824)

> it doesn't have background playback

Good grief. Just cut out the dead weight like those dreadful "originals" and youtube music

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Re:YouTube Tests Cheaper 'Premium Lite' Subscription for Ad-... by chovybizzass on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:41AM (#28035352)

I had youtube when I was watching a lot of videos on sailing...I cancelled after a few weeks, as it was $13/mo

I would have just let it ride for $3/mo without even thinking.

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