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This plan was available in NZ and was the right price point for me to watch YT on the Smart TV with no ads. Now it's $18/mo bundled with YT Music.

Not for me, thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's too bad. I pay for premium, it's the main thing I watch, and I actually regularly download and background play, so it's worth it, but.... man, they've really been cranking up the price and it's getting ridiculous.

I wish they'd at least offer a marginally cheaper option without YouTube Music. Was a much better value with Google Play Music, YT Music is such a terrible service that I literally went out and started paying for Apple Music to get off it.

This seems like a pretty good indicator that they intend to stick with all or nothing though, which is very disappointing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use YouTube music because it’s bundled with premium but man that app is so janky, and it often seems to fail with downloaded music for me when out of cellphone / wireless service which defeats the purpose of having downloaded music.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've noticed it chucks a shit fit when you lose coverage, even when playing downloaded music. It's not so bad when you didn't have coverage in the first place.