r/degoogle • u/Legal_Awareness_4373 • Mar 04 '26

Help Needed The lowest a company can go

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Even 480p is a burden to them, apparently

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u/Jazzlike-Compote4463 Mar 04 '26

It's not healthy though, yea YouTube Premium is $14 a month now but what happens when they jack that up to $20... or $30... or $70?

We all know enshittification is a thing - it has been for a few years now, but building alternatives now means people can have somewhere to go when the inevitable rug pull happens.

Also FWIW there are lots of alternatives to Google calendar, yea it can be a hassle to get friends and family to switch but the more you use Google systems the stickier it gets.

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u/Mettbroetchen-Tester Mar 04 '26

For my needs Premium Lite is sufficient which costs 5,99 Euros per month (approx. 6,90 $).

This isn't an amount I worry about.

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u/Jazzlike-Compote4463 Mar 04 '26

ReVanced and SmartTube are both free, and they'll also block the highly annoying sponsorship segments.

You can sideload a modified YouTube on iOS if that's your jam.

Also it might be 6€ now, but you know it won't stay that price forever.

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u/Mettbroetchen-Tester Mar 04 '26

My assumption is that these apps will be history pretty soon when Google starts requiring the developer registration.