• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d pay for YouTube premium if t wasn’t more expensive than HBO. It’s ridiculous. Especially considering YouTube has no production costs. It’s all user-generated content.

    • DrRatso@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Idk if the price is that ridiculous, the family plan costs me 16 bucks and I have YT premium for my household+. I also have YouTube music from that as well, I find it better than spotify for my use and I dont have to put up additional cost for music streaming elsewhere. There was also youtube premium content (Youtube Red?) if that is still a thing, I remember the Vsauce series being available because of this.

      Youtube having no costs is a hot take if ive ever seen one, but I dont think I can say anything about this that hasnt been said.

      • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Only a kid used to having mommy and daddy pay for everything would claim youtube has no costs. It is amazing how many people on social media think everything should be free. The real issue here it is the lack of competition.

    • DMmeYourNudes@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      A part of your YT Premium payment goes directly to creators that you watch based on your watch time. That is their content expenses just like HBO for making new shows.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah they just need storage for millions of people and bandwidth for billions no biggie, thank you for your expertise

    • focusedkiwibear@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      lol zero production costs because they’re not a production studio, genius, lmao. they do have a shit ton of overhead costs though - look into it instead of acting like it costs nothing to be the largest video hosted site on the planet.

      • ilikekeyboards@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Keep 720p only for users who upload crap and aren’t generating revenue and keep 4k for the channels who are uploading quality content. I’ve seen a podcast uploading hours of content in 4k. That is incredibly costly to stream to people.

        I’m not going to pay for a service that is so wasteful with their income and then they want more.