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YouTube is blaming that Firefox delay people been talking about on adblockers. (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by rob299@bookwormstory.social to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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This delay isn't exclusive to Firefox, it's in any browser where a user has enabled adblockers including in Chrome. Disable the adblocker and this delay magically go away. This was done on purpose.

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[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's not, because it's a lot easier to get someone willing to pay anything in the first place to pay more than it is to convert a free user into a paying one. So as long as a yearly rise doesn't lose them more in profit they'll keep increasing the price it until it does.

Though I really doubt that on a platform as huge as YouTube halving the cost to $7 wouldn't get them twice the paying customers almost instantly, because $14/month is simply ridiculously expensive.