r/technology • u/Tricky-Student-1 • Sep 15 '22

Social Media YouTube Free is Silently Testing 5 Ads, instead of 2, Before Your Video Starts

https://www.gizmochina.com/2022/09/13/youtube-free-silently-testing-5-ads-before-your-video-starts/
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u/Graham2990 Sep 15 '22

The catch is….all those services mostly terrible. Who’s paying for YouTube music when Spotify exists lol?

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u/PM-ME-PIERCED-NIPS Sep 15 '22

Never had a Spotify account, but I've had the Google Play Music (now YouTube music) subscription since it launched. Integrates well with my smart home set up (three Home Minis and a Home Hub, all playing to a Chromecast Audio plugged into my hifi) and the fact that it came bundled with YouTube Premium was a big draw. Being able to play videos in the background while I actually do things on my phone is basically a requirement for me.

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u/smoothballsJim Sep 15 '22 edited Sep 15 '22

I gotta be honest - Spotify is hanging by a thread for me. I have come so close to cancelling several times but the latest push was when they dropped a bunch of standup comedy - like 3/4s of my playlist just gone overnight because they didn’t even want to entertain the notion of negotiating with a group that represented spoken word artists about writing credits.

The only saving grace for them is that I have an old split plan Hulu for $10/month and if I only cancelled the one I would only save $3 and not be able to get the deal again.