So this is some bollocks. Guess I'll be cancelling our plan since it's only used by two of us.
Current price $17.99/month, new price $32.99/month.
If they boiled the frog better I would probably have accepted a $5/month price rise, and then another later... But close to doubling in one go is a no from me dawg.
Thank you for being a loyal member throughout our journey. We created YouTube Premium so that you could enjoy all the videos and music you love without interruptions.
To continue delivering great service and features, we are increasing the YouTube Premium family plan price to A$32.99/month. We don't make these decisions lightly, and this update will allow us to continue to improve YouTube Premium and support the creators and artists you watch on YouTube. This is the first ever price increase for your subscription.
Links to cancellation etc: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12400348?sjid=6028684095030617608-AP
For reference this is about $20 USD
I did not pay attention and thought it was in USD already. Inwas shocked someone would pay nearly $40 a month.
Semi unrelated, but I had no idea that we started using only one strike through the dollar sign more frequently as of recent. I have always written it with 2 and am shook.
Probably because it's less noisy in small text
For now....
I'd pay $50 or maybe up to $80 usd a year. But $20 a month is insane. I'll just run blockers
Honestly, I'd be fine with even 20. Much more than that and I'd be questioning it pretty hard. I watch YouTube tons and know how goddamn expensive cloud bandwidth is so I'm biased
Nah, Google should be investing in new codecs for compression and trying to find other means to costs down.
I am spending less and less time in youtube and more time on the alternatives anyway.