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by wat10000 564 days ago
And YouTube’s content is far more interesting, useful, and entertaining. Hence why I pay for YouTube and don’t even use the “free” Netflix subscription I have with my cell phone plan.

Not sure what your point is besides YouTube’s offering being far superior both in terms of content and not showing ads when you’re already paying.

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My point was that YT already charges a lot for content they get for free, and if they had to license/create it, they would need to charge much more. Spotify is partly owned by record labels, and they have other incentives that are affect subscription pricing.

Their subscription model is not really that comparable to other services that have high acquisition costs for content.