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Re: YouTube locks 4K playback behind Premium subscriptions in latest test

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> YouTube locks 4K playback behind Premium subscriptions ... and HD behind compression.

Uncompressed 1080p60 video is on the order of 3gigabit a second

Does Vimeo compresses the uploaded videos? I found their videos to be more "clearer" if that makes any sense.

Re: YouTube locks 4K playback behind Premium subscriptions in latest test

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This is reasonable. However, I don't like being forced to also pay for their music streaming service because I already pay for (and prefer) a different service.

If you watch a lot of youtube video's it's worth it for just the ad-free experience alone. I actually did some math a while back and figured out based on my hourly bill rate that it's technically costing me money to not pay for YT premium (that is the time spent watching ads times my bill rate was greater than the monthly subscription cost).

Firefox gives me a great ad-free YouTube experience.

Re: YouTube locks 4K playback behind Premium subscriptions in latest test

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This is reasonable. However, I don't like being forced to also pay for their music streaming service because I already pay for (and prefer) a different service.

You're not really, it just doesn't cost YouTube any more in terms of licensing the music for their music streaming service than it does to clear the rights for YouTube Premium, so they literally may as well include it.

A YouTube Premium lite is available in a few territories, but where it isn't that's because the music situation means it could cost single cents a month less than the full service and therefore isn't worth doing.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you watch a lot of youtube video's it's worth it for just the ad-free experience alone. I actually did some math a while back and figured out based on my hourly bill rate that it's technically costing me money to not pay for YT premium (that is the time spent watching ads times my bill rate was greater than the monthly subscription cost).

Firefox gives me a great ad-free YouTube experience.

If I only watched YT on the browser sure. But I mainly get it so I can go without ads on mobile and on my TV. Yes I know there are apps like Vanced but I personally find it worth it not have to always look for workarounds.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uncompressed 1080p60 video is on the order of 3gigabit a second

Does Vimeo compresses the uploaded videos? I found their videos to be more "clearer" if that makes any sense.

All video is compressed in a lossy manner.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you watch a lot of youtube video's it's worth it for just the ad-free experience alone. I actually did some math a while back and figured out based on my hourly bill rate that it's technically costing me money to not pay for YT premium (that is the time spent watching ads times my bill rate was greater than the monthly subscription cost).

Firefox gives me a great ad-free YouTube experience.

Yes but then creators and YouTube don’t get paid.

Re: YouTube locks 4K playback behind Premium subscriptions in latest test

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Can someone tell me how YouTube is supposed to make money without ads and premium service? No one has been able to give me a straight answer.

The same way YouTube was making money from 2005 till today?

Have they been profitable all this while though? They were operating at massive losses for a long while.
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