L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoYouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about itme.mashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1233arrow-down136file-text
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkYouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about itme.mashable.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredanielfgom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·9 months agoThe big issue is this: Premium is too damn expensive so we all use adblockers. If Google were clever, they would charge just €1 per month per user for premium and virtually everyone would pay that not to see ads. So instead of having 10 000 people paying €10 a month they could have 500 000 000 paying €1 a month and make WAY more money
minus-squareKneeTitts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agonarrator: it wasnt really about the money
minus-squareRandyC@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI just went into Google payments and changed my address to a made-up Philippines address and I pay 239 pesos or around €4 for premium family. I think the individual plan is 159pp/€2.66.
minus-squareVaryl@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoI’ve had that setup for a little over a year now. They just emailed me last week that they’re changing my region over to US.
The big issue is this: Premium is too damn expensive so we all use adblockers.
If Google were clever, they would charge just €1 per month per user for premium and virtually everyone would pay that not to see ads.
So instead of having 10 000 people paying €10 a month they could have 500 000 000 paying €1 a month and make WAY more money
narrator: it wasnt really about the money
I just went into Google payments and changed my address to a made-up Philippines address and I pay 239 pesos or around €4 for premium family. I think the individual plan is 159pp/€2.66.
I’ve had that setup for a little over a year now. They just emailed me last week that they’re changing my region over to US.