[rkalla]

This seems like a "pout" move... get blasted with a class-action, so blast everyone in the face with this 'safety and goodness' fee.

No other solution to keeping toddlers off of a treadmill with a giant touch screen?

Maybe a simple math question or 'confirm your birthday'?

No no... gotta cash-grab to pay for the lawsuit.

Classy.

[sunshineforever]

It reminds me of Google charging 12.99 a month for the ability to darken the screen in YouTube.

[sushid]

Sounds like a horrible comparison. YT Premium has many more features than that and wasn't made to recoup money lost due to an expensive recall.

Feds pressured Peloton to "voluntarily" recall their device so now they're making up the difference by jacking up the subscription fees.

[bathtub365]

Do they charge $12.99 a month for this feature? I can’t find it

[alpaca128]

This feature is part of the YouTube Red subscription. Which doesn't really add that much in addition, aside from partial ad removal and video downloads, all completely free on PC.

[falcolas]

It adds more support (10x to 20x) for the content creators than ads, with the bonus of not watching ads.

For some people, this is quite valuable.

As a side note, the video downloading is made available in the mobile app as well.

[alpaca128]

I could also invest those monthly bucks in some Patreon subscriptions to my favorite channels, which gets them drastically more and makes them less dependent on YouTube. It would even let me set the precise amount and distribution. And not pay a shady ad company on top.

[scohesc]

I'm doing my part to shill the free (but sideloaded) Youtube Vanced app for Android - sadly not available for iPhones.

Gives you all the features of YouTube Red - including the ones that were available BEFORE Google silently removed them to put them behind a paywall, like background play!

Also includes experimental features to use crowdsourced data on where ads are in videos and automatically skips them if desired.

[Forbo]

I'm a fan of Newpipe, as it's available in F-Droid.

[sunshineforever]

I just downloaded it and it's WORKING!

You have no idea how much of a positive impact this exchange has had on my summer! Thank you, stranger! :D

[sunshineforever]

Newpipe hasn't worked for me for the last 8 months... Are you saying that its functional again??!?

Oh my goodness!

[NowhereMan]

I believe by "darken" they mean the ability to turn off the screen while watching a video, or more likely, listening to music.

[alborzb]

I'm not OP, but for me, on YouTube I literally mean 'darken'. Similar to a dark mode on desktop. Whereby the comments area and backgrounds get dark, but without the video going to fullscreen.

[ptudan]

They paywall random features behind youtube premium, I guess that's another one.

Engineers hate these things because they know the relative minimal efforts required, and that the line of free vs premium feature is completely arbitrary.

[dannyw]

It's market segmentation AND lack of ads. Lack of ads + slightly nicer experience.

[sithlord]

its part of youtube premium

[aitchnyu]

In Google photos in Android there is a "Dynamic" button for enhancing photos but its under a Google One paywall.