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YouTube Premium quietly goes up in price to $14 per month | That's a significant $2 increase with no official announcement.::Google has quietly increased the price of YouTube Premium by a significant $2 from $12 to $14, according to the updated signup page..

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[–] [email protected] 99 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Feel like we're watching a lot of tech companies making a lot of bad decisions all at once. Reddit, Google, Netflix, Meta, Twitter, Hulu, etc. Regardless of the individual circumstances and bad actors in each case, it feels like they're all being fueled by a shared, low-key desperation.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interest rates. This bursts the bubble.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's unreal how many people don't know that. It's always fun to think about on my way to work at 5am.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Easy money pipeline has been cut off, makes sense we're all seeing this kind of thing at the same time when you consider it from the POV of the investors bankrolling these companies.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Costs are going up, investment is wising up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The venture capital free money train is gone and they're realizing their revenue models make zero sense.