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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers (www.androidauthority.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They'd absolutely 100% be losing money with a $2 ad free tier. Ads make significantly more than that per user per month. Same with your """solution""" for higher res video. Bandwidth is goddamn expensive.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Plus, no way would it ever stay at that price. Nothing ever does. The only service I pay for now is spotting, and that's just to have ad-free music on my half-hour drive to work.