YouTube Premium

[Jim99]

I'm obviously being really thick as I still don't get why you'd get that.

We have standard at the moment, I can be watching something on my iPad while indoor cycling, as my partner watching something downstairs on the TV. (logged in on the same account)

Should we technically have a family account if multiple people watch at the same time?

A household account is more than just Youtube. It's sharing AI subscriptions, Google One storage, purchased apps and media etc.

We each have individual email addresses and can use all of those features independently, using our own information etc. And as mentioned, you don't get overlapping recommendations - so I can watch what I want to, and the kids can watch nursery rhymes etc without me getting fed all of that by the algorithm.

Though in my case, I don't actually have Youtube Premium right now because I won't pay what they want and got tired of the geohopping.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Urgh... why the hell does my subscription page now have a recommended section at the top.

The whole point of the subscription feed is so I can see the video's from the people I have subscribed to in order of release. I don't need yet another recommended section which largely duplicates the main recommendation feed.... because funnily enough, subscribing is a big old steer to the algorithm on the things I want to see.

/rant.

 

[beachBOYken]

I thought this was just to remove ads from videos, I see it includes music as well, what’s the quality like, how does it compare to Apple Music, Spotify?

 

[Jimbeam3678]

I thought this was just to remove ads from videos, I see it includes music as well, what’s the quality like, how does it compare to Apple Music, Spotify?

Fine for me some people say the quality is dire etc etc. I genuinely can’t tell the difference.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

I thought this was just to remove ads from videos, I see it includes music as well, what’s the quality like, how does it compare to Apple Music, Spotify?

The quality is fine. Can’t complain here and you are streaming over Bluetooth most of the time and it is the limiting factor in practice.

 

[Diddums]

For me it's the interface. I just can't get on with it.

 

[matt100]

I thought this was just to remove ads from videos, I see it includes music as well, what’s the quality like, how does it compare to Apple Music, Spotify?

Personally I think it really shines for obscure stuff or mixes.. stuff you can't get on Spotify.

Although that does sort of require you having both, which I do because in my head one is for video and the other for music and then YouTube music is a nice little bonus.

 

[andy_mk3]

Urgh... why the hell does my subscription page now have a recommended section at the top.

The whole point of the subscription feed is so I can see the video's from the people I have subscribed to in order of release. I don't need yet another recommended section which largely duplicates the main recommendation feed.... because funnily enough, subscribing is a big old steer to the algorithm on the things I want to see.

/rant.

Yup, I'm finding that so annoying. Along with the shorts being pushed on the subs page.

 

[john_smith]

Ditto. The subs page is rubbish now and I hate shorts.

 

[Disco_P]

For those using Albania to skip ads, Jersey/Guernsey, Isle of Man and Andorra all work to the same effect

 

[ChocAndGray]

I was messing with sideloading ipas but ended up paying £35 for a years membership instead from a key site - it’s not an account purchase, you activate your google account.


Working great so far, even if it stops after a few months I’ll have got my moneys worth.

I use uBlock on pc so never see ads but I like having some of the premium features, especially on mobile devices.

I thought this was just to remove ads from videos, I see it includes music as well, what’s the quality like, how does it compare to Apple Music, Spotify?

I have all three services. Apple has the best sound quality, YouTube music is better for more obscure stuff - it’ll play audio from the video on YouTube so that opens up so much content but I think it has the worst audio quality. Spotify has the best recommendation algorithm by a country mile. The daily mixes are so relevant.

If I was giving one up it would be Apple Music. I get it free with EE Apple One but I hate the U.I and the recommendations are awful so I rarely use it. It’s only if I Shazam a song and play it that it gets any use.

If I could only have one it would be YouTube due to the amount of stuff. I listen to a lot of UK garage and the mixes, dj sets etc just aren’t on other services. It’s the best value with YouTube premium too as like many people I watch a lot of YouTube videos. Paying for YouTube premium is the same price as Spotify!

 

[randal]

New Pipe on Android isn't too bad. You ucsn dump your subscriptions from Google Takeout and import them. No logins, no ads, no user tracking either.

 

[SoundsGood]

I was messing with sideloading ipas but ended up paying £35 for a years membership instead from a key site - it’s not an account purchase, you activate your google account.

Could you give us a hint to which site? tempted to give it a go.

 

[ChocAndGray]

Could you give us a hint to which site? tempted to give it a go.

Gameseal use code SEAL13AKS and make sure you buy the United Kingdom subscription.

I thought it was £35 but they hit me with the service fee. I used PayPal for extra protection just incase. I’d advise you use that or a credit card rather than a debit card.

It’s part of an Indian programme, but rather than buying directly yourself on google India with a vpn and it getting revoked by google later - as they see the purchase location and usage location is different, gameseal have the activation in the linked country so there’s no revokes (allegedly).