Google announces paid Youtube subscription service: Youtube Red

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YouTube is to launch a subscription service offering original, exclusive videos - including feature-length films starring high-profile vloggers.

Initially only available in the US, YouTube Red will cost $9.99 (£6.50) a month and have no adverts.

PewDiePie, Rooster Tooth and Lilly Singh are among the well-known names involved.

Other news relating to the service
  • It's also bundled with Google Play music all access. So you get a video/music combo.
  • Offline video playback
  • US only for now
  • They're offering a free month's trial
  • Looks like an extension/replacement for Youtube music key

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Personally reading about the original content sounds underwhelming imo. Reality tv is brain-dead, having youtubers doesn't make it brain-dead.

I can't see many people taking up on this apart from those really ingrained in the Google ecosystem. Particularly as youtube was built upon free user created content. The bundling with music all access makes it quite sweet. Personally I know I won't take this up, I'm happy with my Spotify/Netflix (and possible Crunchyroll) subscriptions. Youtube Red doesn't cut it for me as Play Music as a tendency to mess up audio on my phone.

Oh lulz Youtube Red sounds like Redtube lulz!
 

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I'd rather go on Redtube and Youporn. I'd be interested if they streamed movies. I know you can watch a bunch of movies for free, but then offer something uploaders would be unable to sneak through. The newest movies, obscure movies. Googly Play Music doesn't interest me at all. The original content they're offering, doesn't interest me at all. So, no to this.

that reminds me, one day out of curiosity i decided to find out what xvideos was, and the 1st thing i found there was the full movie of dragon ball Z battle of the gods, great quality and all. of course the rest of the videos is porn though... but that felt so interestingly out of place so i sat and watched it lol.
 

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I'd be willing to pay $2 to $5 a month to remove ads while still ensuring the people I like to watch still get something. Not $10 a month, though, I'll just put up with the ads at that price. Everything else doesn't currently interest me.
 
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Everyone knows Google was the worst thing it could have happened to youtube.

Everything went down since they acquired it, most of their updates did nothing other than change how it looks breaking something else in the process and making it worse overall aside from the money hunger.

I don't know if you guys have noticed but lately I get surveys on top of my ads! Freaking surveys!!! You know those things make a s*** ton of money, companies even pay for people to take surveys and they want all that for free!!

The one who pays $10 a month to watch these vloggers is a big ZUK3R!
 

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when i heard about the name (red) + paid service, i thought they now allow extremely mature content to users who pay for it
for example, you can upload and watch porn if you paid the subscription...
 

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No thankyu

The people i watch on Yt would never sink as low to charge for their videos.
Well, theyre getting money from videos * viewers but its Yt who pays, not us.

All channels on Yt that will be involved in Red Yt will drasticly damage their popularity.

Pewdiepie is just a money hungry a-hole, but sink this low... Shame on You.
He was fun when he played rpg maker horrors like ib, The Witch House, Mad Father, The Crooked Man. After that... , just meh.
 
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