fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square535fedilinkarrow-up1367arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgfucksubscriptions@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.id
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minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThey were already being paid and profitable, both from direct cash and ad revenue, but that doesn’t ever seem to be enough.
minus-squarezefiax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·1 year agoYou are free to disagree with their pricing and cancel a subscription if you have one. That’s how the free market works.
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago“Free market works” is by itself a very questionable statement. But there sure are some more options beyond that. Although some people think we shouldn’t be free to pick them.
minus-squarezefiax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYou are free to pick w.e you want. That doesn’t make someone actually paying for a decent platform a corporate shill.
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOur definitions of “decent” are definitely different. But this is not just about what you choose to do, it’s about all the fingerwagging people do at people who don’t believe this is worth paying (even more) for.
minus-squarezefiax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe only finger wagging going on is people calling people corporate shills for actually paying for a service.
They were already being paid and profitable, both from direct cash and ad revenue, but that doesn’t ever seem to be enough.
You are free to disagree with their pricing and cancel a subscription if you have one. That’s how the free market works.
“Free market works” is by itself a very questionable statement.
But there sure are some more options beyond that. Although some people think we shouldn’t be free to pick them.
You are free to pick w.e you want. That doesn’t make someone actually paying for a decent platform a corporate shill.
Our definitions of “decent” are definitely different. But this is not just about what you choose to do, it’s about all the fingerwagging people do at people who don’t believe this is worth paying (even more) for.
The only finger wagging going on is people calling people corporate shills for actually paying for a service.