• newIdentity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1925·
    1 year ago

    I actually think YouTube premium is worth its price. Spotify is the same price, but you get less.

    • CobraChicken@lemmy.caEnglish
      281·
      1 year ago

      I want ad free YouTube but don't want YouTube music. I don't want to pay for extra shit that I won't be using.

      I use Spotify way more than I use YouTube. Spotify does one thing and it does it extremely well.

      If Spotify added unlimited free Uber eats delivery tomorrow and bumped up the price to $20 a month, then sure, it'd be a good deal but I wouldn't want any of that.

      • newIdentity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        52·
        1 year ago

        You see: the difference between us is that you see YouTube Music as an extra. I see the other features as an extra since I only really use YouTube music.

        Sure, it sucked about 2 years ago but it has become really good in the last few months.

        If you don't use Spotify and use YouTube a lot, YouTube premium is worth it.

          • kamenLady.@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            They are somehow already split. I only subscribe to YouTube music.

            When you subscribe to YouTube Premium, which is more expensive than the YTM only sub, you also get complete access to YTM included.

      • JustSomePerson@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        They had that in parts of Europe for a year now as a trial. But they are discontinuing it this month, making us choose between ads, and lots of YouTube premium crap we don't want.

    • raptir@lemdro.idEnglish
      141·
      1 year ago

      I'm not sure about individual plans, but YouTube Premium Family went up to $23 per month. I've been a member since day 1 and they eliminated all grandfathering for me. Spotify is $15 for Duo or $17 for family.

      • Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I was in the same boat. Said fuck it, switched to Spotify Duo, now I just use YouTube less.

        The only thing that would convince me to switch back would be a sub $5/mo plan to just remove ads. I'll keep Spotify because YouTube Music is still not worth it.

        • raptir@lemdro.idEnglish
          61·
          1 year ago

          The big thing that convinced me Spotify is better as a music service is that it was able to successfully recommend me a band I like that has only 71 listeners, and is similar to another band I like with 140 listeners. YouTube struggles with even understanding what artists are similar to those two and just plays other stuff I listen to (that's unrelated) on artist radio.