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‘I want to cancel’: YouTube Premium quietly hikes its US prices for the first time in three years, forcing many users to consider the unthinkable (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Okay. Let me know when the dozens of content creators I follow on YouTube migrate there.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    "Content creators" lol. I mean, I guess there could be, but YT stopped being decent about 10 years ago, maybe longer. I haven't used it but for an occasional video. Surprisingly, I haven't missed it. There's not much on YouTube I couldn't get elsewhere, with less ads, and to the point vs a 10 minute video intro plus sponsor plugs, etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child)

    What kind of content do you watch? Some of the stuff I enjoy watching I can definitely get my fix from elsewhere (educational, food/cooking/recipes, tech news); some of it is very person-specific so I would miss out on their specific views on things but I still would have other sources to turn to if I could disregard that (essays, reviews, comedy); and some of it is like 'well my choices are basically youtube or twitch' (let's plays/other video game content)

    (EDIT: Reviews not News. I hate watching most news tbh.)

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I just kind of forego any content. I used to watch silly stuff like the Electroboom guy, Linux Tech tips A LONG time ago when it felt more personable and meaningful. My son watches carwow or something, doing car comparisons sort of how Top gear used to, but I'm not into it as I can't afford those nice cars lol.

    Tech review stuff gets under my skin bc it's so much promotion of sponsors, their channels, and they're always begging for likes and subscribes... 🤮 plus they're often biased. I know there's a large audience to cater to but I feel often times I'm more, product and feature aware than they are, but I'm also obsessed with technology, FOSS, self-hosting, etc.

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