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Used VPN for cheaper YouTube Premium? Congrats, your subscription has been canceled (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] macrocephalic -3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If you watch ads instead of paying a modest fee to remove them then you're a clown. Companies do need to make money for the services they provide, I just disagree with the amount.

[–] derf82 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

“Modest?” $14 a month? $5 would be modest. I literally pay less for whole as streaming services.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I'd probably pay $5, and I'd certainly pay $2-3. But I don't watch enough to justify $10+/month.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If you watch enough youtube per month to see an hour of ads and you can't block ads for some reason, you may actually be losing time/money by not paying the subscription. That said, there are ad blockers for almost every platform so it shouldn't be too difficult to find one that works.

[–] macrocephalic 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I pay less than 5usd for a family plan, I just subscribed through a developing nation with a VPN.

[–] derf82 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Which, as the article states, they are starting to end that practice.

[–] macrocephalic 1 points 6 months ago

That was my comment about the amount that should be charged. I'll happily pay $5/mo, but not $15. I'm happy to pay for services, just not the amount that many want to charge.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

They make enough off of all my data they collect. I'm not paying them a cent for anything and I'm not watching a single ad. If you want to watch ads for shareholders, you are most definitely a clown.