> YouTube locks 4K playback behind Premium subscriptions ... and HD behind compression.
Uncompressed 1080p60 video is on the order of 3gigabit a second
YouTube locks 4K playback behind Premium subscriptions in latest test
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#12This 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).
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#13This 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.
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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#14Earlier 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.
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#18Earlier 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.
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#19Can 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.
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#20Can 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?