YouTube Premium

[_Yeti]

I currently have SmartTube side-loaded onto my Google TV. Skips sponsored segments automatically and does other things... Can be installed on a regular android device. Was very tempted to pay for premium before I discovered this.

[s p a c e m a n]

Just come here to moan about the same..

we will be increasing your Premium family plan price from ARS 179.00/month to ARS 699.00/month



Why bother with a free vpn? I got Nord through Quidco and it cost me about a tenner, I've got 10x that back with game downloads and subscriptions

[tim0409]

LordGrover said:

What is the UK price?
On my mobile using app it says £15.99 /month, on desktop using browser £11.99.

The difference is the cut Apple take from YT if you purchase through the App store.

I never check the email account I used to register my Argentinian subscription until I checked this thread; it’s a big increase but I don’t think I will complain

[Zag_a_muffin]

As above I have installed smart tube on my tv and use Opera on my phone, no ads on either. Wasn't bothered when it was the odd 5 second ad at the beginning of a video but now when it's 2 20 second ads every 5 minutes it is very annoying. I get they have to pay the content creators but how much are they getting that someone who puts out 2 videos a week with 10k viewers can do it full time?

[lizardbrain]

12 quid is worth it to have instant access without waiting, to videos on any random word pairing eg owl pirate, or dinosaur sandwich, or chocolate lamppost.

Keep meaning to give YouTube music a try to replace Spotify but they don’t make it easy enough to move music.

[youngsyr]

Zag_a_muffin said:

As above I have installed smart tube on my tv and use Opera on my phone, no ads on either. Wasn't bothered when it was the odd 5 second ad at the beginning of a video but now when it's 2 20 second ads every 5 minutes it is very annoying. I get they have to pay the content creators but how much are they getting that someone who puts out 2 videos a week with 10k viewers can do it full time?

Less than $10 per 1k views typically, so no-one is doing it full time on 2x 10k videos per week.

[Silverage]

Just found my notification of increase email amongst my spam. Over 300% up for me on the Argentinian tariff, so from circa 90p to about £2.70 per month. I think it’s still value at that so I’ll stick with it.

[Insert Coin]

I paid a 12 month sub, think it was £14, absolute bargain, although IPTV with a gazillion channels for £50 is good value too.

[Zag_a_muffin]

youngsyr said:

Zag_a_muffin said:

As above I have installed smart tube on my tv and use Opera on my phone, no ads on either. Wasn't bothered when it was the odd 5 second ad at the beginning of a video but now when it's 2 20 second ads every 5 minutes it is very annoying. I get they have to pay the content creators but how much are they getting that someone who puts out 2 videos a week with 10k viewers can do it full time?

Less than $10 per 1k views typically, so no-one is doing it full time on 2x 10k videos per week.

Marcus Hayes. Hubnut not too many more also number 27.

Edit to add not doubting figures, don't know how they claim to do it. Ok they have the odd successful upload but most get very few views.

Edited by Zag_a_muffin on Saturday 22 October 17:59

[youngsyr]

Zag_a_muffin said:

Marcus Hayes. Hubnut not too many more also number 27.

Edit to add not doubting figures, don't know how they claim to do it. Ok they have the odd successful upload but most get very few views.

Edited by Zag_a_muffin on Saturday 22 October 17:59

One quick glance shows Number 27 has a video with 68k views and one with 77k views in the past 9 days?

[Zag_a_muffin]

youngsyr said:

Zag_a_muffin said:

Marcus Hayes. Hubnut not too many more also number 27.

Edit to add not doubting figures, don't know how they claim to do it. Ok they have the odd successful upload but most get very few views.

Edited by Zag_a_muffin on Saturday 22 October 17:59

One quick glance shows Number 27 has a video with 68k views and one with 77k views in the past 9 days?

And plenty with less, your point is?

[CoolHands]

I don’t understand where this thread has gone

[extraT]

I’m the op on this thread

Well, my premium has just expired. In the end I paid €22 per month, which Even though it’s my main media, I’m beginning to not like paying. I know the VPN trick with India and I might give that a try. Question: what other media services should I / could I look at?

Im in Austria and would love to have:

UK TV& and all sports channels
Netflix
YouTube (for music, because you get everything and it’s ad free)

I know I can’t pay one provider for all (but seriously would if I could!) but what is the cheapest way to get all this? Am I looking at VPN’ing YouTube and paying for an IP service? What IPservices are good these days??

[gregs656]

lizardbrain said:

12 quid is worth it to have instant access without waiting, to videos on any random word pairing eg owl pirate, or dinosaur sandwich, or chocolate lamppost.

Keep meaning to give YouTube music a try to replace Spotify but they don’t make it easy enough to move music.

There are websites which make moving music easy. I like YouTube music.

[dave_s13]

I couldn't figure out the Vpn thing, it just wanted to charge me the equivalent amount in the native currency.

Anyway, I've signed up to premium family. YouTube music works very well and we can now all have our own instance. I was getting sick of it not letting me use Spotify in the car when someone else was using it elsewhere.

[Amateurish]

Looks like I'll be paying £3.70 this month.

However, the strength of the Argentine economy probably means this will fall back below £1 a month soon...

[Greedydog]

Am I the only one who thinks YouTube is a fantastic service that gives access to a vast amount of information and entertainment that otherwise wouldn’t see the light of day, and that people should just pay whatever the local price is, or, if you can’t afford it or don’t want to, JUST WATCH THE fkING ADVERTS, rather than basically stealing? The entitlement is off the scale.

[Silverage]

If I thought it was worth £14 or whatever it is they charge in the UK per month, I'd pay it. It is a good service, but it's not worth 50% more than Netflix et al.

Edited by Silverage on Monday 14th November 13:42

[lizardbrain]

I do subscribe but it’s harder to see the value recently now they’ve increasingly taken power away from users to curate their own experience. You can’t even search by old to new anymore and I increasingly use other services to find links to videos. They want to be TikTok. But nobody subscribes to TikTok? And it must be some tiny percentage of YouTube viewers who subscribe.

I did try the vpn thing but it didn’t work for me.

Currently it’s worth 12 quid. (Windows price!) but it’s on the edge.

[eldar]

lizardbrain said:

I do subscribe but it’s harder to see the value recently now they’ve increasingly taken power away from users to curate their own experience. You can’t even search by old to new anymore and I increasingly use other services to find links to videos. They want to be TikTok. But nobody subscribes to TikTok? And it must be some tiny percentage of YouTube viewers who subscribe.

I did try the vpn thing but it didn’t work for me.

Currently it’s worth 12 quid. (Windows price!) but it’s on the edge.

2.5 bn subscribers, 22 million premium subscribers.