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#319054 18-Mar-2025 11:04
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Hello all,

 

 

 

I see in the US and now in Australia Google has launched YouTube Premium Lite for A$8.99 compared to he full version  that's twice the price.  Anyone heard if this will be released here in NZ or will  Google continue  to treat us like the tech  3rd world. I want this mainly  for watching  stuff on YT streaming to my  TV. PC has no issues. 

 

 




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  #3354783 18-Mar-2025 11:14
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Hope it comes here. I don't use YT for music - already have Spotify. Can't tell what will attract advertisements and what will not in YTL. Do we know? 




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  #3354785 18-Mar-2025 11:19
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Australia will be a better contender for using a VPN and subscribing in NZ than one of the third world countries we used before.





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  #3354792 18-Mar-2025 11:43
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My issue with Premium Lite is the statement "Most videos ad-free" with a few examples of genres that might be ad-free. It doesn't make sense to determine ad placement by genre, what if I'm not interested in those genres?

 

At the end of the day its not the Premium Lite that most people wanted. Most people just wanted a more affordable way to get 100% ad-free videos without also paying for YouTube music and perhaps offline downloads. 




  #3354804 18-Mar-2025 13:16
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I liked YTP for the add-free experience on mobile, plus also the ability to download views for later offline viewing. Will YTPL have this?


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  #3354809 18-Mar-2025 14:01
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KiwiSurfer:

 

I liked YTP for the add-free experience on mobile, plus also the ability to download views for later offline viewing. Will YTPL have this?

 

 

That's as I understand it. The same as the full price without the Music. 





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  #3354810 18-Mar-2025 14:05
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KiwiSurfer:

 

I liked YTP for the add-free experience on mobile, plus also the ability to download views for later offline viewing. Will YTPL have this?

 

 

Ad-free - Yes, well mainly yes

 

Offline downloads - No

 


  #3354816 18-Mar-2025 14:20
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old3eyes:

 

KiwiSurfer:

 

I liked YTP for the add-free experience on mobile, plus also the ability to download views for later offline viewing. Will YTPL have this?

 

 

That's as I understand it. The same as the full price without the Music. 

 

 

I never use the Music service so that would be ideal for me.


 
 
 

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  #3354824 18-Mar-2025 16:17
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Senecio:

 

Ad-free - Yes, well mainly yes

 

Offline downloads - No

 

 

 

I suppose that pricing makes sense.

 

Youtube Premium Lite doesn't cover the revenue costs for music licencing, but does for standard videos.

 

Not allowing downloads prevents downloading music (including mash-ups not detected as music).

 

 

 

So I guess that means any video with some copyrighted music found would be classified as 'music', with ads..


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I use background play more than I thought I would, and downloads to a lesser extent, so it will likely be a no to premium lite if/when it is available here.

 

Sky TV got the boot in our house and now I watch hours of Youtube instead. As much as I hate paying full price for premium, I don't think I can go back to ads.


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  #3355380 19-Mar-2025 22:58
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Wheelbarrow01:

 

I use background play more than I thought I would, and downloads to a lesser extent, so it will likely be a no to premium lite if/when it is available here.

 

Sky TV got the boot in our house and now I watch hours of Youtube instead. As much as I hate paying full price for premium, I don't think I can go back to ads.

 

 

i'm of the same use case, with background play being very typical and downloads, hardly ever. and we also use music a lot - because it came with then YouTube Red, we never really seriously considered other music streaming services.

 

i'm also a bit sceptical about the "most videos ad-free" tag-line. possibly means, or could potentially mean, all videos with copyrighted music will come with ads.

 

the family plan works out well for us, especially if you consider the price vs individual subscriptions. but hey, different people have different use cases.


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  #3356802 24-Mar-2025 08:27
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Didn't they used to have this and axe it about 12-18 months ago?


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  #3357930 27-Mar-2025 18:08
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I liked the idea of this until I saw no offline downloads. Not even limited numbers of them. Hard pass from me.


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  #3358087 28-Mar-2025 08:03
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We ditched spotify family and went with youtube family, same money, broadly same music (and in some cases more) and no ads on youtube. This was after they cancelled my previous youtube lite subscription that I was happily paying about $7 per month or so for + spotify @ $30.

 

 


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  #3358090 28-Mar-2025 08:45
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networkn:

 

I liked the idea of this until I saw no offline downloads. Not even limited numbers of them. Hard pass from me.

 

 

Funnily enough I used offline downloads for the first time ever on the weekend. Had started watching a couple of things while waiting for a no-wifi flight. In general I download a Kindle book before a flight.

 

 


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  #3358127 28-Mar-2025 09:58
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johno1234:

 

Funnily enough I used offline downloads for the first time ever on the weekend. Had started watching a couple of things while waiting for a no-wifi flight. In general I download a Kindle book before a flight.

 

 

I am in the minority where I don't mind ads that much, so I wouldn't pay to remove them. Some of the best products I own or use came from ads.

 

Downloading for offline viewing is one of the major attractions. 

 

 


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