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YouTube Premium is getting a huge price hike in over a dozen countries, sparking user backlash. Some countries are experiencing hikes between 30% and 50% (mas.to)
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YouTube Premium users across the globe are facing significant price hikes as Google increases subscription costs in over a dozen countries. This follows earlier price jumps in various regions, including the United States last summer. The latest increases vary by region, with some countries experiencing hikes between 30% to 50%. For instance, in Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Italy, the Family plan will rise from €18 to €26 starting November, while the individual plan will increase by €2 to €14.

Countries affected by these changes include Ireland, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, UAE, Switzerland, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Colombia, Thailand, Singapore, Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic, and Denmark. Although most Reddit reports are from European users, the price hikes also impact the Middle East, Colombia, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia. YouTube had already raised its subscription prices in India by 15–20% in late August.

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[–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 72 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)
  • Firefox + uBO
  • NewPipe/LibrePipe/GrayJay
  • FreeTube

They all are free, no subscription required

And sorry Apple users, I don't know what option you have cuz I don't use Apple.

[–] gilarelli@jlai.lu 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Freetube doesn't seem to work anymore (for me at least) as Google went hard on blocking all invidious instances and proxies...

[–] _Sprite@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Change your API backend to LocalAPI in the settings. It still works that way on Freetube and Libretube

[–] bigFab@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How do you do that?

[–] gilarelli@jlai.lu 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks. Seems to work for now, we'll see. Couldn't watch anything yesterday :-/

[–] falseprophet@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Works fine for me

[–] gilarelli@jlai.lu 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which instance?

[–] falseprophet@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Local API, not invidious api

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago

Working fine on librewolf so far.

[–] Quik@infosec.pub 5 points 2 months ago

iOS user here, uYou++ is quite good, but only a mod for the regular YT app, not a complete alternative.

[–] ondra5@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

As an iPhone user I like to use YtLitePlus, it’s pretty much the same user experience as using revanced on android, maybe even a bit better. I’d like to have an alternative client such as NewPipe but hey, we can’t have everything.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

iOS/iPadOS: Safari + AdGuard (+ Vinegar (optional))

macOS: Safari + AdGuard or Firefox + uBO or FreeTube

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago

I switched from FF to librewolf. Less convenient, more privacy, no pesky G**gle partnerships, afaict.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

reminder that firefox + ubo works on android too.

[–] jBlight@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I use to use tubular, but it stopped working and I'm not computer savy enough to fix it. Can anyone offer some assistance please? It gets the infinite loading icon and then gives me an error