YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
My counterpoint to yours: YouTube Premium is not available in all countries.
Beyond that, I personally used YouTube Red for years until they killed Google Play Music. I was an avid user of GPM, had several playlists and radios tuned there, and when they announced the move to YT Music, I was hesitant but gave them until literally the last minute to add the features from GPM that didn’t exist on YTM, but they never did.
I cancelled my YouTube Red subscription the day that the GPM app on my phone said it wouldn’t work again, and on that day I swore I’d never pay YT another penny directly.
Same with me. I loved Google Play Music and was sad when they killed it. YouTube Music still isn’t as good. I ended up ripping a bunch of old CDs, setting up my own Plex server, and using Plexamp for music streaming instead.
Yes that’s really bad that they don’t offer it in all countries. I’m in luck that I lived in those countries they do offer it. But even that, once I moved to Korea, they don’t allow YT Premium Family here. I guess it’s some Korean Law thing, they have very extreme laws when it comes to IT here, Google Maps doesn’t work, etc.
Anyway until now they didn’t mind that I used My dad’s computer in Germany to circumvent it. But yeah, one day they will come after me, I’m sure.
My counterpoint to yours: YouTube Premium is not available in all countries.
Beyond that, I personally used YouTube Red for years until they killed Google Play Music. I was an avid user of GPM, had several playlists and radios tuned there, and when they announced the move to YT Music, I was hesitant but gave them until literally the last minute to add the features from GPM that didn’t exist on YTM, but they never did.
I cancelled my YouTube Red subscription the day that the GPM app on my phone said it wouldn’t work again, and on that day I swore I’d never pay YT another penny directly.
Same with me. I loved Google Play Music and was sad when they killed it. YouTube Music still isn’t as good. I ended up ripping a bunch of old CDs, setting up my own Plex server, and using Plexamp for music streaming instead.
Yes that’s really bad that they don’t offer it in all countries. I’m in luck that I lived in those countries they do offer it. But even that, once I moved to Korea, they don’t allow YT Premium Family here. I guess it’s some Korean Law thing, they have very extreme laws when it comes to IT here, Google Maps doesn’t work, etc. Anyway until now they didn’t mind that I used My dad’s computer in Germany to circumvent it. But yeah, one day they will come after me, I’m sure.