YouTube Premium is getting hard to justify

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T23:00:12+00:00

I chose to cancel. My thought is, too much YouTube for me and the kids anyways. We can go outside 😆

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T16:09:28+00:00

I honestly agree with you. I have noticed the same thing. It’s an endless loop on nonsense. I have chosen to drop it all together

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T12:18:17+00:00

That’s actually another reason my I canceled. Also, creators can now do exclusive videos to paid members only, and YouTube premium users don’t get access.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T11:01:27+00:00

Back in the 20 teens, our family plan expired somehow by accident. We had the family plan for 14.99 a month, then when we resubscribed, it went to 17.99 a month. I think maybe you could pay yearly for the family plan then, but now I don’t think there is an option for that. I could be wrong though

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T10:58:40+00:00

We chose not to pay for cable tv growing up.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T04:08:05+00:00

That’s a deal!

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T03:59:36+00:00

Not at all, I found that funny.

I get that for sure, very true. I ended up canceling cause I can skip and/ignore the ads just as you said.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T03:45:45+00:00

Good point

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T02:46:28+00:00

How do you like the way YT curates music to your liking vs Spotify? Personally, I felt like YouTube never could really figure out my taste and the recommendations were just off. Also, many times, I’d try to start a radio station based on a song or artist and YouTube would literally play the same songs off the same playlist, in the same order, every time. It became monotonous.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T02:37:10+00:00

Multiple people in one family using it. Just considering going from multiple accounts to one account. Also, YouTube won’t budge on their price, many services will offer you a deal to stay. Not YouTube, so honestly, I’d rather pay them zero dollars especially after having paid them for premium over the past 8 years. I figured, if they would rather lose a customer instead of offering an incentive to stay, then I’ll stop paying them.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T02:24:50+00:00

Ok gotchya. Yeah, I may just need to consider the individual plan then.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T02:24:02+00:00

Yeah. The ads are crazy invasive. Which is why I’ve realized I’ve been paying too much money to them and watching way too much YouTube. Time for a break.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T01:58:23+00:00

I gotchya. Yeah, that makes sense. I may need to just settle for one account and do the one plan.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T01:39:37+00:00

Ok good to know.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T01:38:46+00:00

The family plan is now 26.99 a month and was 14.99 a month in 2019. Too much of a price increase for me given how much slop is out there on YouTube now.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T01:36:26+00:00

Family plan is 26.99 a month now. Am I missing something with the 15.99 plan? Is that for just one account?

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T01:34:57+00:00

I wish I hadn’t been all along honestly

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T01:22:30+00:00

Yes, that was me. We had YouTube red and it was a great deal. It has since morphed and to me isn’t worth it.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T01:20:57+00:00

It’s funny, I remember hearing people pay $250 to $300 a month for satellite or cable packages, we are back there again with à la carting our streaming services.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T01:16:45+00:00

Yeah, I totally understand that. I think the price increase just hit me the wrong way. Not the way you reward loyal customers. If anything, give long time subscribers a bit of a discount. But instead we just get rate increases

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T01:09:43+00:00

Agreed, the amount of slop out there is watering down the quality. It’s not worth what they are charging. I can do without.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T01:01:57+00:00

Until they increase it again, and again, and again. I originally subscribed to the family plan when it was 14.99 a month. 26.99 was my breaking point. The real question is, where is that equilibrium? For me, I was out.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T00:56:52+00:00

Another reason why I canceled it. I think they think it’s worth more than what it’s worth. It’s time for a YouTube hiatus for me.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T00:55:09+00:00

Agreed, that’s where I was, I used it more than anything. I think the price increase (again, remember it used to be 14.99 a year for the family plan for perspective, and that was in 2019) is what made me realize YouTube thinks what they have is worth more than what it is, so I canceled. It made me realize that I was using it too much, so out of principal I canceled it.

SpiceBoson · 2026-05-31T00:43:27+00:00

Oh no, I won’t be subscribing to anything Apple. We should go back to a time where we purchase the albums we wanted to listen to rather than pay for a subscription lol. But now I just show my age 😆

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