Is YouTube Premium worth $12/month?
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For me, yes it is, easily. I subscribe to Netflix, I have Pime Video through my Prime membership, and I just got Hulu back because of the $2 BF and I would say with confidence that I use Youtube more than the other 3 combined by far. I'm always watching something on there, it's definitely worth it for me.
It's a good value if you take advantage of all of its features.
If you want it just to get rid of YouTube ads (like I used to do), it's not worth it.
Personally, I wish I could pay 5-8 bucks JUST for ad removal in YouTube, and give up YouTube music and such.
If you want it just to get rid of YouTube ads (like I used to do), it's not worth it.
Personally, I wish I could pay 5-8 bucks JUST for ad removal in YouTube, and give up YouTube music and such.
I'll back up up the first two posts. Ever since I signed up for YouTube Premium I can't go without it. Of course, I speak as someone who can afford it.
I had some free deal for 3 months awhile back and when it ended I was like... that's it? It's near worthless to me. I can not imagine paying $150 a year for it.
Honestly, until this thread, I had completely forgotten there was a paid tier and thst I had used it for 3 months.
Honestly, until this thread, I had completely forgotten there was a paid tier and thst I had used it for 3 months.
I watch waaaay too much youtube to not pay for the service. I originally bought it since I wanted to watch some of the exclusive shows, and then the whole experience was just way too seamless. I never went back to regular youtube.
I went the other way when they decided to fill youtube with ads. Instead of paying for it I just cut the amount of time I'm on youtube and it's working out for me. Not something everyone could do of course but it is an option.
I had youtube red way back when it was cheap and came with google music and I loved it. Nowadays I much prefer to use Spotify or Apple Music and wouldn't want to transfer to youtube music so premium wouldn't be worth that much to me.
I had youtube red way back when it was cheap and came with google music and I loved it. Nowadays I much prefer to use Spotify or Apple Music and wouldn't want to transfer to youtube music so premium wouldn't be worth that much to me.
Yep. One of the reason I can't let go of an android phone.
I use youtube a lot at night.
If you only use it for ad removal I don't think its worth it at all. If you listen to Youtube Music then maybe. Use vanced if you have android
Not really worth it if you mainly use YT on your PC since it's easy to bypass the ads via scripts. If you use YT on your phone and other devices, I'd say so.
I'm grandfathered at $8/mo so I'm keeping that as long as possible.
I'm grandfathered at $8/mo so I'm keeping that as long as possible.
For me it is worth it, especially since I got locked in at $10/month. I watch a ton of Youtube and use Youtube Music, so it's very convenient.
Damn, I'm paying $15.99 but it's worth it. I wish I could get it cheaper tho.. Is the only way to get it cheaper is if you've been in since the beginning?
I found that promotion here on the gaming side actually. It was a couple months of stadia, a controller, and a chromecast ultra(?) from what I remember. I haven't actually opened it yet. Don't know if it's still going on.
I use YouTube more than Netflix, but I have a harder time rationalizing paying for it, and I think that's because I just want ad-free YouTube, and not YouTube music, too. I also find ads less disruptive for the content I'm watching (unscripted short form content), than I would be if I was watching a feature length movie.
If YouTube had an ad free, non-music version for $8/mo I'd subscribe.
If YouTube had an ad free, non-music version for $8/mo I'd subscribe.
It's not, but I have it anyways. Got it when my son was an infant and wanted to play various lullaby and other similar programming and didn't want that to be interrupted with ads.
Now that he's in kindergarten and doing remote learning due to covid-19 he's using a school issued chromebook that's restricted by the school admin. One of the issues is that the security/permissions on it disallow logging in to YouTube. Normally that'd be fine and all - I don't want my son on YouTube unsupervised anyways. However, nearly everyday his teacher includes YouTube links to different educational videos. And since we're disallowed from logging in, he gets fed tons of ads while trying to learn. If I could afford it I'd buy him his own laptop. I was really close to doing so during election season because of all the political (and Trump) ads.
So yeah, it's a huge ripoff but I can't imagine dealing with all those ads.
Now that he's in kindergarten and doing remote learning due to covid-19 he's using a school issued chromebook that's restricted by the school admin. One of the issues is that the security/permissions on it disallow logging in to YouTube. Normally that'd be fine and all - I don't want my son on YouTube unsupervised anyways. However, nearly everyday his teacher includes YouTube links to different educational videos. And since we're disallowed from logging in, he gets fed tons of ads while trying to learn. If I could afford it I'd buy him his own laptop. I was really close to doing so during election season because of all the political (and Trump) ads.
So yeah, it's a huge ripoff but I can't imagine dealing with all those ads.
Yes, but mostly because of how awful the app is without it.
It's basically Xbox Live Gold/PS+ for video streaming.
It's basically Xbox Live Gold/PS+ for video streaming.
I've had the family plan for years and I'm locked into the $15/month price unless I cancel it, which I have no intention to.
It's worth it because everyone in the house can have ad free youtube and YouTube music makes it even nicer. I don't have to pay extra for a music streaming service since it's included and even though they still need to improve the music app more since moving away from Google play music, it's good for what it is right now.
It's worth it because everyone in the house can have ad free youtube and YouTube music makes it even nicer. I don't have to pay extra for a music streaming service since it's included and even though they still need to improve the music app more since moving away from Google play music, it's good for what it is right now.
Unfortunately it is. The ads have gotten horrific over the past year, and I'm finally able to afford shit, so I bit the bullet and subbed a few weeks ago.
I got suckered into Google Play Music back when I got a Pixel phone a few years back (came with six months free). My subscription gave me Youtube Premium on top of the music, and since I've fully integrated my library into the former for years now, the fact that I get two for one is an exceedingly good deal in my books.
I thankfully got grandfathered into the $8 price when all we got was just Google Play Music and they tossed in Youtube Red later. I had no idea the Youtube Premium + Youtube Music is now $12. I would've paid $10 for a music subscription service regardless, so the extra $2 for ad-free Youtube Premium is worth it as well considering it looks like they restricted offline downloads and app background play behind this bullshit paywall too.
Same situation here. Google Play Music alone was worth it for 10 bucks, just as good as Spotify (except for some reason some new music releases were delayed on the platform). YouTube Music is a fuckin downgrade but I don't want to go back to YouTube ads on my devices
I hate youtube music but I use youtube too much on my consoles. I'm also locked in at 10 bucks a month when it was still called YouTube Red.
The later evolution of Youtube's ad invasion has made me realize I can live without it and barely notice its absence.
I have an old Google play + youtube premium package that I'm grandfathered on. It's worth it to me.
Yes.
Paying for youtube is one of the easiest 'worthwhile' things I pay for pretty much. Its by far one of my used websites whether it be subscriptions for hobbies, fitness, cooking or just entertainment in the form of movie trailers, movie reviews or really anything else.
Its worth it by a mile. But millions have gotten accustomed to this service that provides a SHITSTORM of benefits being free. For some they won't ever be able to adapt to it having a charge attached to it so /shrug
But yeah, its worth it; if it wasn't no one would even talk about it. So, like music you can pay for it; or keep torrenting or downloading or whatever people do that never left the napster era do these days lol. You also get music with it; just saying.
Paying for youtube is one of the easiest 'worthwhile' things I pay for pretty much. Its by far one of my used websites whether it be subscriptions for hobbies, fitness, cooking or just entertainment in the form of movie trailers, movie reviews or really anything else.
Its worth it by a mile. But millions have gotten accustomed to this service that provides a SHITSTORM of benefits being free. For some they won't ever be able to adapt to it having a charge attached to it so /shrug
But yeah, its worth it; if it wasn't no one would even talk about it. So, like music you can pay for it; or keep torrenting or downloading or whatever people do that never left the napster era do these days lol. You also get music with it; just saying.
It's not worth for what it does, honestly, but I would hate to see 20 commercials in a 30 min cartoon video aimed at toddlers.
I mostly use Youtube for tutorials and such on my desktop PC, and whatever ad blockers I'm using are holding out there, so I've no use for premium. Used the Youtube app on my phone a few times though and, jesus christ, ads make it unbearable.
As for background play, I used to use Firetube for that back in the before times on my daily commute, but since working from home I've had no need for it.
As for background play, I used to use Firetube for that back in the before times on my daily commute, but since working from home I've had no need for it.
