4/10/2026 at 12:51:32 AM
It looks like the yearly plan went up $20 as well. Of course, the yearly plan doesn’t auto-renew for whatever reason, so at least people can’t forget and unknowingly get a higher charge.I’ll have to debate between now and October when my Premium service runs out if I want to renew. I tried to go without it last time and made it all of 18 hours before giving in and signing back up.
I’m still rather frustrated that YouTube Music is bundled. I pay for Apple Music and hate YouTube Music a lot. The Lite membership feels like a non-starter, because it not only cuts access to YouTube Music (which is fine), it doesn’t serve up music related content on YouTube ad free. It seems like a flip of a coin whether or not a music related video is categorized as “music” or not. I often watch these videos sitting in the living room, as I would any other video, and it’s not a replacement for a music service or used in the same way at all.
With the influx of AI content across the internet as a whole, I’ve found myself reading more. Maybe this trend will continue and I can simply discontinue use of YouTube.
by al_borland
4/10/2026 at 2:56:15 AM
Seems like current monthly plan subscribers (like myself) haven't changed price. YouTube historically seemed to grandfather the monthly plans to stay at the old price for a while.by manwe150
4/10/2026 at 3:18:18 AM
That's interesting. By not allowing yearly plans to renew automatically, they will force all yearly plans onto the new price. The former monthly price would be worse than the new yearly price, so it's still better... but not as good as being grandfathered in.by al_borland