I’d pay for it if they didn’t overcharge so much. Their content is provided to them for free, but they charge more than Netflix to distribute it. Fuck that.
YouTube ad tier: $0
Netflix ad tier: $6.99
YouTube premium: $13.99
Netflix standard: $15.49
Huge caveats incoming.
They don’t charge more than Netflix, but most of their content is definitely provided to them for free. On top of that, most of YouTube’s original content is behind their premium subscription paywall. I tried to see how many of their originals shows are actually viewable with their ad tier and it’s hard to pin down a number. My speculation is it doesn’t matter because either so few people are willing to pay for premium or their originals aren’t very marketable. Off the top of my head I’d heard of exactly one YouTube original.
Netflix lowest ad-free price was $9.99 until three days ago.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/2/24190632/netflix-ad-free-basic-plan-discontinued
I should’ve specified I was citing Netflix’s current US pricing https://help.netflix.com/en/node/24926 and YouTube’s current US pricing https://www.youtube.com/premium.
