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YouTube is axing its ad-free Premium Lite subscription plan - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was happily using this for a year or so now. Feels fairer than using an ad blocker. But now they apparently want more money out of people. Feels like some sort of internet video apocalypse is happening, where the services become extremely fragmented and expensive, like YouTube, netflix, hbo, Hulu, Disney+ and whatnot. Each wants some 10-20€ out of your pocket.

I guess that means back to ad blockers and piracy...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think what's likely to happen isn't that we'll see one replacement for YouTube, but a large number of niche and possibly subscription based or peer to peer sites that collectively end up offering everything of value that YouTube does/used to.