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EEVblog&some other YouTube channels, no longer free, at best (HD) quality levels
vad:
--- Quote from: MK14 link=topic=388282.msg5014741#msg5014741 ---I also can't really see the benefits of YouTube Premium. (Possible extra help to content creators, aside).
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There are two reasons why I chose Premium:
1. It allows me to listen to shows on a locked phone, which is very handy when I am on the go or in a car. I listen to 95+ percent of YouTube content without watching.
2. It is ad-free.
MK14:
--- Quote from: vad on August 17, 2023, 01:37:02 am ---
--- Quote from: MK14 link=topic=388282.msg5014741#msg5014741 ---I also can't really see the benefits of YouTube Premium. (Possible extra help to content creators, aside).
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There are two reasons why I chose Premium:
1. It allows me to listen to shows on a locked phone, which is very handy when I am on the go or in a car. I listen to 95+ percent of YouTube content without watching.
2. It is ad-free.
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Occasionally, that would be a benefit for me as well, but nowhere near £12.99 / months, worth of benefit though.
I try and block adverts, but, just as in your case, I'm sometimes on things which don't easily block adverts. But on the other hand, if a person is really determined, they can still block a lot of them using other means. I.e. At the home router (doesn't apply if it is a mobile phone carriers internet access).
I don't want to give YouTube ideas. But what would have really tempted me, is if they had a fair amount of extra content (a bit like some YouTube channels only offer if you pay them monthly subscriptions, as I understand it, there are various ways of achieving it, some of which don't then use the YouTube platform, for showing those paid for only videos).
Also, if they somehow resolved these massive price discrepancies between countries.
As already mentioned, I can't see how I'd be happy to be paying £12.99, when exactly the same service, is available for a tiny fraction of that price, to a number of countries.
I'm also rather confused, as to how legal and morally right or wrong, accessing YouTube Premium via a VPN and 'pretending' (if I understand things correctly), to be living in another country.
I was also interested in their download/offline options, until I checked into it, and sure enough (as expected). They have almost totally ruined it by 48 hour timeout limits (although, confusingly 29 days limit, is also mentioned, I'm not sure which applies and when/how), before you have to go online, and (dreaded by many people) DRM.
MK14:
--- Quote from: Veteran68 on August 16, 2023, 06:13:16 pm ---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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--- Quote ---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).
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Thanks, that was very interesting. In the past, those price savings were rather noticeable, so I can well understand why they happily bought all that equipment, such as the VCR, and why people like to save money on the Petrol/Gasoline, if given half a chance.
I didn't know that military bases, could sell goods, from their home country, at home country prices.
It is a bit like getting anyone who is holidaying in America, or coming from America to visit the UK. To (legally) bring back cheaper or much cheaper goods (I think there are limits on how much VAT, can be legally ignored, on a per person basis).
On top of all that, there are the complications of the exchange rates. E.g. Some countries, have extremely good exchange rates, so that people from the UK, can effectively visit there, and have huge buying power, especially for locally produced stuff or services, rather than imported stuff.
E.g. A meal at a restaurant might cost £20 or more, here in the UK, but might only be a few pound, in some other countries (exchange rate permitting). I'm not sure, how cheap or not such things are currently, but in the past, they could be extremely lucrative.
Bud:
At food courts in malls food is much cheaper and better than in most of restaurants here. Like 3-4 times cheaper. No i am not talking burgers.
themadhippy:
--- Quote ---I didn't know that military bases, could sell goods, from their home country, at home country prices.
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If the nafi in germany had tried that in the 90's they'd have been riots,think it was 1 deutsche mark for a beer,about half the price of the uk.cigarettes were also much cheaper,even compared to than the duty free price.Needless to say any spare space in the van was soon was filled with packs of fags.
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