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Nemeski to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months ago

Used VPN for cheaper YouTube Premium? Congrats, your subscription has been canceled

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YouTube is canceling Premium subscriptions of members who used a VPN workaround to get Premium at cheaper rates than applicable. Read on!
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    Glad you enjoy it. Keep doing your thing. But are you seriously deaf to the rising chorus of complaints about YouTube? This thread contains many examples of youtube’s enshitification over the few couple years. Your question feels disingenuous at best to me

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      Name one complaint, other than blocking people with ad blockers. How has the actual product changed?

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        Inability to remove shorts from homescreen (decision reversed due to consumer outcry)

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        The worsening of recommendations/algorithm pointing to more crap content

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        The death of Google music

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        Inability to purchase only YouTube music

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        4k premium only (decision reversed due to consumer outcry)

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        Price increases

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        Increased family plan sharing restrictions

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