Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month

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Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month
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I pay $22 per month for the family plan because I don't want my kids or my folks to have to be constantly inundated with ads. And I enjoy being and to play free music that is exactly the songs I want.

I was really upset when they raised the price on me, and kicked me off the grandfather plan. But in the end I decided it was still worth it.

But what the real cost to Google is here is that they have evaporated my loyalty and good will. I now see them as a company that will squeeze me when they know they can get away with it, and that my loyalty and being an early adopter means nothing to them.

That will definitely affect every future buying decision I make for future products and services.

Yeah I love Youtube Premium on the family plan. People on the internet act like there's no benefit to it as long as Adblock and Youtube Vanced exist. Meanwhile I have an iPhone, smart TVs, and my whole family does too. My nieces and nephews don't have to get bombarded with ads, and that's well worth it to me. But the way they silently jacked the price up $5 per month was a total dick move that I'm not happy about. If they keep pulling this shit, it's only a matter of time before I find another solution.

smart TVs

SmartTube can solve that issue, at least, assuming it runs any form of Android. I don't know enough about iPhone to know if there's an alternative there.

Doesn't matter to them what you think, since they can simply buy any good alternative that show up.

Basically these companies are similar to kings now. They own our services and our data. And the peasants may whine a bit but can do nothing.

At least on Lemmy we are left alone for now.

I had that for $14 a month and they were going to raise it to $22 so I said bye just at the perfect time since ReVanced released it's manager to install.

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