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Grandfathered YouTube Premium users will see price increase in January (9to5google.com)
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[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thankfully, It's only increasing for people currently paying just $10. They will now be paying the same $14 as us.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I had the grandfathered in YouTube Red plan from years ago, but I was paying just via the App Store so there was the Apple tax. The price there was going up to $18/m, so I canceled and will renew in about a week (when my normal payment is due) directly from YouTube. I honestly haven’t really thought about the price in a while so I don’t realize it was already $12/m that way (I think), and going this new route the price change is just $1 more for me.

But I think it’s worth the no hassle with no ads on every device. I go to friends’ houses and they put on YouTube with ads, and I don’t know how they live like animals like that.