Puppuccino 50 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 I'm a huge advocate of AdBlockers and recently YouTube started to have problems loading videos with ads in them so I looked at getting YouTube premium and discovered you can only get it as a package deal for £11.99 that includes YouTube music! Does anyone subscribe to YouTube premium? How do you find it and is it really worth the price tag each month? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators s3_gunzel 295 Posted July 14, 2020 Administrators Share Posted July 14, 2020 discovered you can only get it as a package deal for £11.99 that includes YouTube music! See, I have the grandfathered plan that has both Google Play Music and YouTube Music. In Ye Olde Days, I used Play Music. It was a good deal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chel 5 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Nope. I don't see the benefits of paying that much just to use YouTube without ads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Puppuccino 50 Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 See, I have the grandfathered plan that has both Google Play Music and YouTube Music. In Ye Olde Days, I used Play Music. It was a good deal. How much do you pay for that? Nope. I don't see the benefits of paying that much just to use YouTube without ads. Exactly. I'd pay like £4.99 a month for just the no-ads bit, but I'm not paying £11.99 when it must include the music aspect too. It's too much and I don't need it. I already have Apple Music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander 16 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 I did have the YouTube Premium Trial at one time. But, I cancelled the subscription as it's not worth £11.99 a month just to watch videos without advertising. I'd much rather just use my Adblocker on YouTube instead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators s3_gunzel 295 Posted October 15, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Alexander said: I did have the YouTube Premium Trial at one time. But, I cancelled the subscription as it's not worth £11.99 a month just to watch videos without advertising. I'd much rather just use my Adblocker on YouTube instead. See, but that £11.99 directly supports the people making the videos. Which is why you don’t see ads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ARx182 20 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 16 hours ago, s3_gunzel said: See, but that £11.99 directly supports the people making the videos. Which is why you don’t see ads. They're making enough as it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators s3_gunzel 295 Posted October 16, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 16, 2020 6 hours ago, ARx182 said: They're making enough as it is. No, not all of them are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simon 10 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 The amount of advertisements on YouTube has exploded recently, it's crazy really, but I still won't pay that much for premium as I don't care for their music service. I just use ad-blockers and will stop using their apps until they lower the amount of advertisements. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ravenfreak 2 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I currently have a free trial of Premium. I mainly got it so I could listen to music while painting my inlaw's back deck since I don't have any music on my iPhone. xD My wife has a subscription to Premium, but she uses YT more than I do on her phone. She definitely gets her money's worth from it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander 16 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 On 10/15/2020 at 10:42 PM, s3_gunzel said: See, but that £11.99 directly supports the people making the videos. Which is why you don’t see ads. This is something I never knew, surprisingly. When a viewer watches a video & has a premium membership, how does the content creator generate ad revenue? Does YouTube pay normally as if they don't have the subscription? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators s3_gunzel 295 Posted October 28, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 28, 2020 34 minutes ago, Alexander said: how does the content creator generate ad revenue? They don’t. They get a portion of the membership. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander 16 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 minute ago, s3_gunzel said: They don’t. They get a portion of the membership. Do they have to subscribe or pay a subscription to that specific YouTuber, or does YouTube chip in? And, are all channels eligible? How does the money get paid? Thank you, this is completely new to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators s3_gunzel 295 Posted October 28, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, Alexander said: Do they have to subscribe or pay a subscription to that specific YouTuber, or does YouTube chip in? It’s based on the videos you watch - if they’re eligible to earn revenue, a portion of the membership is handed to them in lieu of ad revenue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_B_ 6 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Nope and I definitely don't intend on getting it anytime soon. It's not worth it at all in my opinion. Very expensive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ash 7 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 I've only ever had a trial of it and it was nice not having to watch the ads. I would never pay for it though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander 16 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 11 hours ago, Ash said: I've only ever had a trial of it and it was nice not having to watch the ads. I would never pay for it though Well, what's the point in paying when we can install Adblockers (browser extensions) for free, instead? I understand you can "download" and watch videos offline, but you can't export it from the media site. It's not worth the money, I completely agree with you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators s3_gunzel 295 Posted November 4, 2020 Administrators Share Posted November 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Alexander said: Well, what's the point in paying when we can install Adblockers (browser extensions) for free, instead? Why do people pay for premium website memberships? I’ll just run an adblocker on your website. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Puppuccino 50 Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 I bought the subscription a month ago and to be honest, I love it. £11.99 seems high but then again the annoyance of having to skip ads of watch ads all the time really got to me so I think it's worth it at this stage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander 16 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I have recently been accepted into the YouTube partner program and have access to monetization & the channel subscription feature. It took me some time to reach 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours, but I finally did it. Yay! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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