Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago‘I want to cancel’: YouTube Premium quietly hikes its US prices for the first time in three years, forcing many users to consider the unthinkablewww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square234linkfedilinkarrow-up1588arrow-down143
arrow-up1545arrow-down1external-link‘I want to cancel’: YouTube Premium quietly hikes its US prices for the first time in three years, forcing many users to consider the unthinkablewww.techradar.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square234linkfedilink
minus-squarehaulyard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month agoAlso check out what they’re doing if you happened to pay through Apple….
minus-squaremcv@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoMakes sense. Never pay through Apple if there’s any other option. Can’t fault Google for that. But even then, $16 per month for Youtube!? An adblocker is cheaper.
minus-squarediablexical@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoThats because apple adds 30% if you buy through the ios app.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month ago 30% Every. Single. Month. F O R E V E R. For providing absolutely nothing
minus-squareDon't forget to stay hydrated.🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoYeah, it’s… interesting. Especially with donations. Apple takes a 30% cut, then Google does so as well from the remainder. Feeling generous? Congrats, more than a half goes to corporations.
minus-squareSaprophyte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoWhy doesn’t Google just pay it and absorb the cost like shippers do with tariffs? /s
Also check out what they’re doing if you happened to pay through Apple….
Makes sense. Never pay through Apple if there’s any other option. Can’t fault Google for that.
But even then, $16 per month for Youtube!? An adblocker is cheaper.
Thats because apple adds 30% if you buy through the ios app.
Every. Single. Month. F O R E V E R.
For providing absolutely nothing
Yeah, it’s… interesting. Especially with donations.
Apple takes a 30% cut, then Google does so as well from the remainder.
Feeling generous? Congrats, more than a half goes to corporations.
Why doesn’t Google just pay it and absorb the cost like shippers do with tariffs?
/s
Ah good point!