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YouTube TV, which costs $73 a month, agrees to end “$600 less than cable” ads (arstechnica.com)
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YouTube TV, which costs $73 a month, agrees to end “$600 less than cable” ads::Google to "modify or cease" ads after industry review board rejects appeal.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not just YouTube TV. I was thinking about switching from the Spotify family plan to the YouTube family plan, but the Spotify family plan is $16.99/mo and the YouTube family plan is $22.99/mo. That does include YouTube with no ads, but it's still too expensive for me. It's just not worth an additional $6. Especially not while my adblocker still works. It does mean I can't cast ad-free YouTube to my Chromecast because Google would not allow that, but I can live with it.

[–] danque@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Install smarttube on your TV connected smart device. I installed it on the Chromecast 4k one with the remote and its a godsend. Even with your own official YouTube history for easy switching

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I have the original Chromecast. No apps to install. You just cast to it.

[–] Taringano@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure your description sold YouTube family plan to a lot of people. I was ready to hate on it but after you describe that's a pretty sweet deal.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, if it's a good deal to you and them, fine. $6 extra for no ads is not worth it to me.

[–] clegko@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The great thing about YouTube's family plan is that it also comes with YouTube Music and you can share it with up to 4 friends. If they toss in their portion of the plan, it gets way cheaper - something like 4 or 5 a month.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I need it to be a family plan because there's me, my wife and my daughter and we all use Spotify, so we would all need to use YouTube Music.