So this is some bollocks. Guess I'll be cancelling our plan since it's only used by two of us.
Current price $17.99/month, new price $32.99/month.
If they boiled the frog better I would probably have accepted a $5/month price rise, and then another later... But close to doubling in one go is a no from me dawg.
Thank you for being a loyal member throughout our journey. We created YouTube Premium so that you could enjoy all the videos and music you love without interruptions.
To continue delivering great service and features, we are increasing the YouTube Premium family plan price to A$32.99/month. We don't make these decisions lightly, and this update will allow us to continue to improve YouTube Premium and support the creators and artists you watch on YouTube. This is the first ever price increase for your subscription.
Links to cancellation etc: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12400348?sjid=6028684095030617608-AP
Yeah nah buddy.
I only have YouTube Premium/Red because it came free with Play Music, then they killed that and we all jumped to Spotify because it was/is so much better and kept our subscription just for ad-free YouTube.
If they seperate YouTube from YouTube Music, YouTube Music would die in seconds. The app sucks, having it linked to YouTube sucks, they know this.
Weird. I hated YouTube music (have it since my friend let me join his family plan) until I finally tried Spotify using xmanager. I realized ytm is miles ahead of Spotify and it's made me rethink my hate for it
What do you like about Spotify besides your friends being on it?
I've gotten used to the queue function which lets you scroll through your entire now playing list. I was blown away seeing that Spotify only shows the upcoming songs (at least on mobile). I'm also liking the option to switch to a music video mid song. That's super neat.
That said, even though I've never planned on paying for Spotify, I can totally see wanting options to pay for things separately
I've ditched Spotify a few times, purely for financial reasons since I'm already paying for YouTube Music, I always get frustrated and re-subscribe.
With Spotify I can switch between my car, my phone, my desktop, my loungeroom, my shed, anywhere I'm signed into Spotify, without having to start the song or playlist again. I've read YouTube Music working on this and it might be enough to get me to switch.
I don't care who else uses Spotify.
YouTube Music doesn't have a dedicated Android TV app, there's no background playback on either of my media players and I don't care for video clips.
You can also see all upcoming songs, and rearrange/remove them if desired, with Spotify. Maybe I'm not understanding your 3rd paragraph.
It sounds like you are agreeing with me. The value proposition for any of these services individually is very low. But when combined it would be more worthwhile.
From a business perspective it would be a solid strategic move that would allow their services to differentiate themselves from competitors. Spotify can't give you additional "Google drive" storage. It certainly doesn't have any way to compete with YouTube. When you combine all of these capabilities and services you can make a product that warrants additional money each month
I don't want cloud storage. I want ad-free YouTube. And the price is not fit for what they offer (they are a damn content hoster and not motherfucking Netflix).