• 1984@lemmy.today
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    86
    arrow-down
    9
    ·
    edit-2
    9 months ago

    People are paying $23 for this???

    Honestly shocked.

    And it’s Google, so you know they are going to keep raising prices, probably adding some ads also in the near future. And of course selling your behavior to advertisers as well, that’s a given.

    • konalt@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      23
      ·
      9 months ago

      Just curious: Where in the article does it say $23? It says $13.99, so I’m wondering if it was a typo.

      • poppy@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        12
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        9 months ago

        They may be confusing it with the family plan? Which is $23 for up to 5 people, which imo is a pretty good deal if you know 4 other people to go in on it.

    • aceshigh@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      9 months ago

      I had no idea how expensive that was. I wonder when prices will max out. $23 is waaaay too much for YT.

    • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      9 months ago

      That’s the family plan. The individual price is $13.99. Absolutely worth it to me. 10/10, would shill again. I watch almost exclusively on Apple TV, so unless I had a DNS ad blocker, I would see ads. And even those will eventually be detected and blocked, I’m sure. This is how much I’ve consumed since signing up in August:

      I love supporting the creators of the excellent science and math content I subscribe to. Plus I watch a ton of stupid Tim & Eric sketches, SNL sketches, kitten videos and such. I couldn’t imagine seeing an ad for every 1:00 video!

      Presented with a choice of paying or seeing ads, imma pay. The price is less than one movie ticket a month.

    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      9 months ago

      Given the quality and quantity of videos on YouTube, it’s probably the best streaming service.