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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 19:45:11 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Google is getting passive aggressive: Google clamps down on VPN workarounds for cheaper YouTube Premium subscriptions: The common thread between these cancelations is that the users used a VPN workaround to subscribe to Premium at a cheaper rate than the one applicable to their region. For example, someone from EU or USA will choose Indian or Argentinian VPN to get lower price for YouTube Premium. So now they are cancelling

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 19:45:32 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     FYI, reddit thread is here https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1di5mz5/automatic_youtube_premium_cancellation/ and https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-premium-vpn-cheap-subscription-clampdown-3452674/

   • Fruity Mercury :catjam: (echtenachtraaf@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 19:55:23 JST Fruity Mercury :catjam:

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     @nixCraft "okay, then I won't subscribe" is the only correct way to play this. If they feel it works, they'll keep doing it.

   • 4Xsample :mastodon: (4xsample@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 20:07:43 JST 4Xsample :mastodon:

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     @nixCraft So...
     They are fucking the only users that want to pay for their service?
     It's a grandmaster move.

   • Léo Natan :batman: (leonatan@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 20:17:59 JST Léo Natan :batman:

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     @nixCraft Torrents work great.

   • jereme simpson (inferno69@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 20:18:06 JST jereme simpson

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     @nixCraft so now they're cracking down on ad blockers and VPNs. For the love of God everyone can You please stop using YouTube. They're like three other platforms to do videos. We have odysee, rumble and peertube for open source users. WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE OF THIS ABUSE. JUST MOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS TO THE OTHER PLATFORMS. IF YOUR SUBSCRIBERS LIKE YOUR CONTENT THEY WILL MOVE TO THE OTHER PLATFORMS NO MATTER WHAT.

   • Tarcísio Surdi (tarcisio_surdi@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 00:18:25 JST Tarcísio Surdi

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     @nixCraft cancelled my subscription for Vinegar + Sponsorblock on mobile (iOS)

     The only drawbacks are having to use the inferior web app instead of the proper native one but at least I don’t have to put up with ads / sponsorships anymore

   • Abbie Archer (abbistabbii@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 00:19:25 JST Abbie Archer

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     @nixCraft The price for YouTube Premium is absolutely mad already and the fact YouTube all but admits this by stopping people from trying to get it cheaper is proof to me that YouTube is getting greedy.

   • BigLinter (biglinter@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 01:22:58 JST BigLinter

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     @nixCraft considering their pricing scheme, theyre bout to loose 80% of their subscribes for ever.