• bestusername@aussie.zone
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    11 months ago

    Combine that with the 83% price increase in Australia!

    YouTube can eat shit, they’re screwing over even those of us willing to pay, Smarttube here I come!

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      11 months ago

      As plenty of other people have already said, if YouTube Premium went up by a pittance every month (boiling frog price increases) I would probably keep subscribing. The fact that they A) clamped down on AdBlockers and B) increased Premium rates is a major disappointment.

      Add to this that Patreon are introducing invasive User Agreements and it is getting more difficult to support Independent content creators.

      Platforms like Curiosity Stream are looking more and more appealing to those of us who want interesting content and don’t mind parting with a reasonable amount of cash to support creators.

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        11 months ago

        I wouldn’t give Google $32.99/m for YouTube, no matter how slowly they increased the price, that’s utterly ridiculous.

        I’ve used Curiosity Stream and Nebula before, would happily go back.

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          11 months ago

          Unfortunately nebula has started blacklisting creators they dont agree with, just cancelled my 2 year sub to them because they deleted second thoughts channels. Who was the sole reason I paid for that sub.

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            11 months ago

            Unfortunately nebula has started blacklisting creators they dont agree with

            Elaborate. Why were they banned? If it was kiddie creepers or nazi shit or “not fascists but #1 with fascists” shit like heated-gamer-moment I don’t blame them for that.

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          11 months ago

          I’ve been a YouTube premium subscriber since before it existed. Last night I installed ReVanced.

          It is not better than the default experience with premium. But it is pretty close. I’m using a patched version of the YouTube client, after all. The default client is not 🇦🇺$17/month better by a long shot.

          I am still undecided on whether to wear the price increase. I have until March to decide.