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YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household
(www.androidpolice.com)
There are people actually paying for this crap?
this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2025
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So nice of them. They help me cut the strings to the last google service I was not quite committed to drop
I finally gave up when they started blanking out my home page as I turned off history... I don't even miss it
Ill immediately cancel and goto pure piracy if they do this to me. I'm getting so tired of this shit 🥲
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I just got a notification that Amazon Prime is doing the same with grandafathered accounts allowed across households.
Netflix trend
GTK. I think they flagged my account since I share it with my spouse and some of my basic features disappeared recently like mini-player in the browser. I might need to unsubscribe and just rely on Firefox with an ad blocker. Nebula and Patreon are good alternatives as well.
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God forbid you have a parent who's living away from home for work purposes who's using that subscription
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People buy a pile of rotting shit and then wonder why it stinks.
More people need to use Peertube.
Peertube needs monetization and the ability for people peer without self-hosting. A torrent client of sorts.
The product, in it's current form cannot replace Youtube. Youtube gives you traffic, a free place to host even your crappiest footage, and money if enough people start watching it regularly.
Peertube isn't free, it's just someone else footing the bill, which breaks under load.
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My entire extended family shares a single household and a single Internet connection. /s