I get that it started for free with less intrusive ads, but YouTube has had a huge impact on the way we all share and consume information. Understanding how much money it takes to run a service with the technology needed to provide high definition videos on a site that is up 99.9999999% of the time, I have no issue paying for a service that has changed my life in many positive ways. Now I do hate price gouging like everyone else, but it’s inescapable from gas & groceries to all streaming platforms.

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Same with all of them. Remember when Netflix was $8 and you got all of the features? People said back then that they didn’t mind paying for it either.

    • The Pantser@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Same for Disney, it was $7 a month in 2019, it is now $16. That is an increase of over 40% in 5 years.

      • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Technically that’s a 228% increase increase from what you were paying 5 years ago. Now, inflation is a thing… but I don’t think it’s up 228%.

        • Logi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          No. That’s an increase of 129% to 229% of the original price.

          You are right that you always use the original price as the base, but if it were still $7 that would be a 0% increase, not 100% as by your math.

    • Badabinski@kbin.earth
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      2 months ago

      I miss that :( my partner and I always talk about how that was such a nice time. I gave them my $8 every month and had access to all the shows I wanted to watch and it was great. I completely gave up on piracy, and I was more likely to rent/buy the occasional movie that wasn’t on Netflix.