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
Lmao, that's not gonna fly with my wife.
The only reason I got premium is because she uses YouTube quite a bit and I'd rather pay than her having to deal with ads all day
If your only concern is ads then get any android box or a fire TV stick and install smarttubenext on it. It's basically YouTube without the ads and with sponsorblock and dislikes showing.
well unless she only uses an iphone, get ublock origin in the browser or newpipe on the phone, and cancel the subscription
She only uses an iPhone
Depends on the use case. This setup really is to continue watching channels your subscribed towards but theres no search.
You may want to look at invidious which is much more like an alternative front end with search and trending pages.
Sometimes though when people are comfortable with the present it is of course entirely valid to decide that paying up is the least stressfull, best solution for your family. But never hurts to know that alternatives do exist.