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EEVblog&some other YouTube channels, no longer free, at best (HD) quality levels
MK14:
--- Quote from: luudee on August 16, 2023, 04:23:30 pm ---I now pay the equivalent of $3.99 for YouTube Premium
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Absolutely NO offence to you. But I find that so annoying, it very significantly stops me from wanting to subscribe to their service(s).
I also can't really see the benefits of YouTube Premium. (Possible extra help to content creators, aside).
Sorry, I know we have already discussed this. But, I'm sort of coming back to it, and just posting my immediate thoughts.
We use to have this situation, to some extent (going back decades), where it was often considerably cheaper to buy high tech goods, in America, compared to buying them in the UK.
I can't remember exactly. But it was something like a particular hard disk would be $135 equivalent here, but only $100 in America.
One reason for the discrepancy though, was the prices here get (what is currently) 20% VAT (sales tax) added to the prices. I.e. The adverts and price display in general, would have to include the VAT. Whereas in America, the sales tax, as well as often being a lot less (such as 6%), is only added to the total, afterwards, and is NOT included in any displayed or advertised prices, in general.
I.e. In America it might say something is $10, but sales tax, still needs to be added to it, such as 6.25%.
Example:
A while back (less so these days), Petrol/Gasoline prices, were hugely different, between the UK and America, by a very large amount. Maybe something crazy like a factor of x3 to x7 times cheaper.
themadhippy:
--- Quote ---We use to have this situation, to some extent (going back decades), where it was often considerably cheaper to buy high tech goods, in America, compared to buying them in the UK.
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Used to?The just swap the $ for £ and add some tax exchange rate seems still fairly common,and not just high tech goods
pdenisowski:
--- Quote from: Veteran68 on August 16, 2023, 03:33:54 pm ---It's like watching a Gen-Z's first time with a rotary dial phone. Blows their mind that we could live like such primitive savages.
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If you really want to blow a young(er) person's mind, demonstrate* hook-flash dialing (i.e. "dialing" a number on a traditional phone by manually pulsing the hook switch with your finger instead of using the dial or buttons).
*Assuming you can still find a POTS phone and line somewhere ....
Veteran68:
--- Quote from: MK14 on August 16, 2023, 04:49:19 pm ---I also can't really see the benefits of YouTube Premium. (Possible extra help to content creators, aside).
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It includes YouTube Music as was posted, however I don't use it for that (I mainly use Apple Music and Amazon Music). My subscription is entirely for ad-free purposes. Yes I could use an ad blocker and did for quite awhile, but the content creators lose out on that. Considering how much YT I consume, paying for Premium gives me something (no-ads) while rewarding creators in some small way. It's worth it to me, but YMMV.
--- Quote from: MK14 on August 16, 2023, 04:49:19 pm ---We use to have this situation, to some extent (going back decades), where it was often considerably cheaper to buy high tech goods, in America, compared to buying them in the UK.
I can't remember exactly. But it was something like a particular hard disk would be $135 equivalent here, but only $100 in America.
One reason for the discrepancy though, was the prices here get (what is currently) 20% VAT (sales tax) added to the prices. I.e. The adverts and price display in general, would have to include the VAT. Whereas in America, the sales tax, as well as often being a lot less (such as 6%), is only added to the total, afterwards, and is NOT included in any displayed or advertised prices, in general.
I.e. In America it might say something is $10, but sales tax, still needs to be added to it, such as 6.25%.
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I served in the US Army in the late 80's and early 90's, including a posting in Germany for nearly 3 years. My wife had an American friend who was married to a German Air Force officer. I remember taking him as a guest to our Post Exchange (PX), basically a big retail store for US servicemembers and families that sold everything at US prices with no VAT of course. We were allowed to bring guests. He bought a stereo, VCR, and a number of other consumer electronics items. He explained that they were SO much cheaper than German retail prices plus it saved the 17% VAT.
Example:
A while back (less so these days), Petrol/Gasoline prices, were hugely different, between the UK and America, by a very large amount. Maybe something crazy like a factor of x3 to x7 times cheaper.
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Yes, we in the US like to complain when our gas prices go up, but I remind those who have never been overseas that they don't realize how cheap we have it over here. Our gas prices do vary wildly from state to state, as each state can tack on their own taxes and fees to every gallon. Looking at some current stats, California has the highest average gas prices at $4.81/gal (USD) vs $6.07/gal a year ago. Mississippi has the cheapest at $2.99/gal vs $4.18 a year ago. I can remember back in the late 80's in Germany, gas was around $5-6/gal (adjusted for currency and measure). Fortunately we had ration cards that let us buy our gas on US military bases at US prices. Same with cigarettes -- I knew guys that used to pay their rent to their German landlords in cigarettes since they didn't use their rations. Germans always said American cigs were far better and cheaper than German (I wouldn't know, I never smoked).
Veteran68:
--- Quote from: pdenisowski on August 16, 2023, 06:04:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: Veteran68 on August 16, 2023, 03:33:54 pm ---It's like watching a Gen-Z's first time with a rotary dial phone. Blows their mind that we could live like such primitive savages.
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If you really want to blow a young(er) person's mind, demonstrate* hook-flash dialing (i.e. "dialing" a number on a traditional phone by manually pulsing the hook switch with your finger instead of using the dial or buttons).
*Assuming you can still find a POTS phone and line somewhere ....
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I can do you one better. I had some family members in very rural areas who were on a party line. Everyone in the nearby vicinity shared a phone line. You'd pick up the phone to make a call and listen in other people's conversations, LOL.
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