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No it's not. It's going up by $2 to $13.99/mo. Considering how much time I spend on YouTube, I feel like it's worth it.
Unless you know a way to decouple youtube from youtube music, im not wrong. I would happily pay that price for it too.
That's because you're looking at it in the iOS app, so they add ~30% to make up for Apple's cut of in app purchases. If you buy it directly through the YouTube website, it will be cheaper
Thank you! Ill check that now bc these ads are driving me up the wall
I think I've seen news rumors that they're testing an ad-free YouTube-only plan that doesn't include YouTube Music. (edit: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/2/22605455/youtube-premium-lite-pilot-benelux-nordics-experiment-ad-free-subscription)
But the reason you're seeing $18.99/mo is because of the Apple tax. Go to https://www.youtube.com/premium to see the actual price.
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