The price of an individual YouTube Premium subscription is increasing by $2 to $13.99 per month in the US for new and current customers.

This price increase is live for new subscribers as seen on youtube.com/premium. Instead of $11.99, YouTube Premium now costs $13.99/month. Meanwhile, it’s $18.99 if you’re subscribing from the iOS YouTube app.

  • MeowyNinhaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Is there really anything you would benefit from with premium? Its sooo easy to find other content for free elsewhere and use YT ad free is basically one-click on a normal computer.

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      1 year ago

      You probably can, but I’m lazy ;) I like it. Got the family one so everybody in my house can use it. We listen to a LOT of music on youtube music in my house, and a few of the others like watching cooking shows and silly junk on youtube. There’s some pretty decent content. You can get by with ad blockers and stuff, but since I use the music app in my car and at work I prefer not to deal with all that.

      For most people, there’s probably not much reason to pay for it.

      Edit: Not happy with the constant price hikes though. It seems like the bump the price by a little every year or two.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah. Similar over here. If it was just me, I would be fine to find alternatives and/or blockers, but me, spouse, and kids… on different devices the ad time adds up.

        This price increase sucks though.

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          1 year ago

          This price increase sucks though.

          Yes it does :\ Lucky for us it doesn’t seem to affect the family package. They raised the price on that last year.

          Here’s hoping they don’t raise the price of that plan too.