Looking for new ways to turn free video streamers into paid ones, YouTube is kicking the tires on a subscription option that will ring a bell for Spotify users. A trial for a two-person YouTube…
I block every single ad on YouTube. And I’m a hypocrite for doing it. But I’m not ashamed. Because through a series of blunders and malicious decisions, Google has systematically made YouTube a worse and…
Back in October, we reported that Google was testing out YouTube Premium Lite, a cheaper and stripped-down subscription plan that promised a reduction (but not elimination) in ads, all without the special features in Premium…
YouTube TV users may soon need to get their fix of Tracker, Matlock, Elsbeth, and other CBS shows elsewhere thanks to yet another carriage dispute. Subscribers to YouTube TV just got a warning that CBS,…
When my 12-year-old daughter plunks onto the sofa for TV time, she might dial up Netflix to binge-watch Gossip Girl or switch on the PS5 for a little Hogwarts Legacy. But when she really wants…
Youtube has been trying to push users toward Premium for a while now, dangling all kinds of benefits ranging from ad-free viewing to extra features like downloading videos for offline playback and playing videos in…
For video streamers, another price hike just means it’s Tuesday. For music streaming, however, price increases are bigger deals, and they tend to reverberate for everyone. Take Amazon, which just hiked the price of its…
Google is getting sick and tired of YouTube watchers who use ad blockers, and — no surprise — the company is stepping it up in an effort to extract (reclaim?) even more ad revenue from…
There’s a lot of stuff happening right now. Here in the US, it seems kind of inescapable. And it surely doesn’t help that a lot of people might be without their short-form social video fix…
If YouTube TV’s latest price hike feels like a breaking point to you, you’re not alone. Over the last week, I’ve heard from a bunch of folks who say the rate hike—from $73 per month…