• Jackthelad@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I have YouTube Premium because I also use YouTube Music, so the subscription fee is worth it for me.

    But if you don’t use YouTube Music, it’s far too expensive and tough to justify the cost for YouTube alone.

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      1 year ago

      It’s $25 CAD. You can add 5 family members. It’s literally $5 per month.

      • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        It’s actually still $25. You, the user footing the bill, isn’t getting 6 people’s worth of entertainment from it.

        It’s also $300 a year, plus taxes and fees and whatever else. If you’re actually collecting on those 5 other users, every month, reliably and automatically (unless your time is literally worth nothing), then sure. But financially it’s usually ill-advised to assume that ‘if I can just get X others to do Y for Z time, then the price goes down’. Most fall into this, fail to capitalize on the opportunity, and end up spending equal or more compared to a single-user subscription.

        Just be sure that the ‘winner’ in the situation is truly you, and you aren’t being had by the thought of $5.

        • Polar@lemmy.ca
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          1 year ago

          It’s actually $5 when everyone pays me their portion.

          In Canada we have this technology called e-transfer and automatic payments. No need to ask.

          Not sure why Lemmy users are so angry about paying a few dollars for ad free entertainment.