▲ 168 ▼ YouTube hikes Premium subscription cost again while adding advanced video features (www.dexerto.com) submitted 5 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 30 points 5 months ago (13 children) People pay for that? permalink fedilink source hideshow 13 child comments replies: [–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 months ago (4 children) I pay for the “lite” version but only because I want to watch it on my Apple TV without ads and I wasn’t able to get any other apps or workarounds up for that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] whaleross@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* I was surprised to read that there is a "lite" plan again after I was kicked off when it shut down like ten years ago. Edit: Oh, it's not available in Sweden. Well I'll stick with my browser addons for an ad free experience then. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (2 children) Speaking as someone who has used Apple devices for literal decades, go to Best Buy and purchase an NVIDIA Shield Pro. Replace the stock launcher with FLauncher, replace YouTube with SmartTube Next, and Twitch with S0undTV. Congrats. Nearly the same performance and feature set and no ads. The only shortcomings are with VP9-based HDR video… Which means ONLY YouTube HDR content won’t play. Plex, Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, Hulu, etc. all play can HDR or DolbyVision from their native video codec (h.265 / HEVC) with zero issues… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 months ago (1 child) Actually, I love my Apple TV. It’s better than all other streaming devices I’ve tried so far. The only issue I have is with YouTube ads. Everything else is fantastic. Also, I don’t use any Google products, except for YT. Aside from that I’m completely degoogled. I’ve heard great things about the Shield and I appreciate the feedback on it! I hope someone else sees your advice and finds It useful! Thank you! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Apple definitely now has the top tier hardware for sure… but I just cannot stand the pervasiveness of all the increasing ads everywhere, and the Shield can basically be de-Googled. If you ever decide the ads are too much but still want the relatively high performance, I can’t recommend the Shield enough. Good to hear everything else is good though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [+] sanitation@lemmy.today [S] -10 points 5 months ago (6 children) you laughing. but they can always make it paid and you wont be able to do anything about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Honestly if it goes completely paid ill just stop using it. Its not going to make me become a customer and the cool thing is some other platform, option or activity will fill its void. Youtube will just become another streaming service that I dont pay for permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 months ago You say that like it would affect me at all permalink fedilink source parent [–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago As in make YouTube itself a completely paid platform? Tbh, I expect that is coming before too long. permalink fedilink source parent [–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) No, I steal the content and have the ads auto-stripped by not being a mong and having a few plugins installed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 5 months ago I just quit watching youtube. No participation is even better than trying to get around it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shweddy@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Maybe YOU won't be able to do anything about it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 months ago (4 children) I pay for the “lite” version but only because I want to watch it on my Apple TV without ads and I wasn’t able to get any other apps or workarounds up for that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] whaleross@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* I was surprised to read that there is a "lite" plan again after I was kicked off when it shut down like ten years ago. Edit: Oh, it's not available in Sweden. Well I'll stick with my browser addons for an ad free experience then. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (2 children) Speaking as someone who has used Apple devices for literal decades, go to Best Buy and purchase an NVIDIA Shield Pro. Replace the stock launcher with FLauncher, replace YouTube with SmartTube Next, and Twitch with S0undTV. Congrats. Nearly the same performance and feature set and no ads. The only shortcomings are with VP9-based HDR video… Which means ONLY YouTube HDR content won’t play. Plex, Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, Hulu, etc. all play can HDR or DolbyVision from their native video codec (h.265 / HEVC) with zero issues… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 months ago (1 child) Actually, I love my Apple TV. It’s better than all other streaming devices I’ve tried so far. The only issue I have is with YouTube ads. Everything else is fantastic. Also, I don’t use any Google products, except for YT. Aside from that I’m completely degoogled. I’ve heard great things about the Shield and I appreciate the feedback on it! I hope someone else sees your advice and finds It useful! Thank you! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Apple definitely now has the top tier hardware for sure… but I just cannot stand the pervasiveness of all the increasing ads everywhere, and the Shield can basically be de-Googled. If you ever decide the ads are too much but still want the relatively high performance, I can’t recommend the Shield enough. Good to hear everything else is good though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* I was surprised to read that there is a "lite" plan again after I was kicked off when it shut down like ten years ago. Edit: Oh, it's not available in Sweden. Well I'll stick with my browser addons for an ad free experience then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (2 children) Speaking as someone who has used Apple devices for literal decades, go to Best Buy and purchase an NVIDIA Shield Pro. Replace the stock launcher with FLauncher, replace YouTube with SmartTube Next, and Twitch with S0undTV. Congrats. Nearly the same performance and feature set and no ads. The only shortcomings are with VP9-based HDR video… Which means ONLY YouTube HDR content won’t play. Plex, Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, Hulu, etc. all play can HDR or DolbyVision from their native video codec (h.265 / HEVC) with zero issues… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 months ago (1 child) Actually, I love my Apple TV. It’s better than all other streaming devices I’ve tried so far. The only issue I have is with YouTube ads. Everything else is fantastic. Also, I don’t use any Google products, except for YT. Aside from that I’m completely degoogled. I’ve heard great things about the Shield and I appreciate the feedback on it! I hope someone else sees your advice and finds It useful! Thank you! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Apple definitely now has the top tier hardware for sure… but I just cannot stand the pervasiveness of all the increasing ads everywhere, and the Shield can basically be de-Googled. If you ever decide the ads are too much but still want the relatively high performance, I can’t recommend the Shield enough. Good to hear everything else is good though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 months ago (1 child) Actually, I love my Apple TV. It’s better than all other streaming devices I’ve tried so far. The only issue I have is with YouTube ads. Everything else is fantastic. Also, I don’t use any Google products, except for YT. Aside from that I’m completely degoogled. I’ve heard great things about the Shield and I appreciate the feedback on it! I hope someone else sees your advice and finds It useful! Thank you! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Apple definitely now has the top tier hardware for sure… but I just cannot stand the pervasiveness of all the increasing ads everywhere, and the Shield can basically be de-Googled. If you ever decide the ads are too much but still want the relatively high performance, I can’t recommend the Shield enough. Good to hear everything else is good though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Apple definitely now has the top tier hardware for sure… but I just cannot stand the pervasiveness of all the increasing ads everywhere, and the Shield can basically be de-Googled. If you ever decide the ads are too much but still want the relatively high performance, I can’t recommend the Shield enough. Good to hear everything else is good though. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] sanitation@lemmy.today [S] -10 points 5 months ago (6 children) you laughing. but they can always make it paid and you wont be able to do anything about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Honestly if it goes completely paid ill just stop using it. Its not going to make me become a customer and the cool thing is some other platform, option or activity will fill its void. Youtube will just become another streaming service that I dont pay for permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 months ago You say that like it would affect me at all permalink fedilink source parent [–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago As in make YouTube itself a completely paid platform? Tbh, I expect that is coming before too long. permalink fedilink source parent [–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) No, I steal the content and have the ads auto-stripped by not being a mong and having a few plugins installed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 5 months ago I just quit watching youtube. No participation is even better than trying to get around it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shweddy@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Maybe YOU won't be able to do anything about it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Honestly if it goes completely paid ill just stop using it. Its not going to make me become a customer and the cool thing is some other platform, option or activity will fill its void. Youtube will just become another streaming service that I dont pay for permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 months ago You say that like it would affect me at all permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago As in make YouTube itself a completely paid platform? Tbh, I expect that is coming before too long. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) No, I steal the content and have the ads auto-stripped by not being a mong and having a few plugins installed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 5 months ago I just quit watching youtube. No participation is even better than trying to get around it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 5 months ago I just quit watching youtube. No participation is even better than trying to get around it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Maybe YOU won't be able to do anything about it permalink fedilink source parent