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I try to avoid ad-powered devices or services as much as possible. Besides privacy implications, there is wasted time and bandwidth to consider among other things. On some systems, ads are often used in malware campaigns as well. I do not really mind when companys sell products and make it very clear that they are…
While companies love subscription-based services, more and more users realize that they are more often than not that beneficial. Microsoft just announced another price increase for Game Pass, the last dating back just a year. Game Pass Ultimate jumps from $20 to $30 per month once the changes go life. Considering that Game Pass Ultimate…
Ah, the wonderful world of streaming video. Just subscribe, download an application or visit a website, and start streaming your favorite shows and movies right away. The initial idea of replacing traditional cable TV with something better is turning out into something that seems to get worse by the year. Disney announced another round of…
Last month, Google confirmed that it is trying to end a loophole that allows YouTube Premium subscribers to subscribe for less. The idea was simple: instead of subscribing from a country where YouTube Premium costs an arm and a leg, you use a VPN or other means to subscribe from a country where it costs…
YouTube users who want to sign up for YouTube Premium have one or multiple options to do that. Officially, you get to pick between YouTube Premium, which is completely ad-free, and YouTube Premium Lite, which includes some ads in some videos. The price of the subscription differs significantly from region to region. Some Google users…
Ah, the wonderful world of streaming. Spotify just announced that it is raising the price of its subscriptions in many regions in the coming weeks. The increase affects Spotify customers in South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region according to the announcement. In Germany, Spotify is raising the price…
If you thought that the current state of the Internet and advertisement in general is at a threshold already, then you may be surprised that companies like Google, Meta, Netflix, or Amazon don’t really think so. Google seems to be one of the main driving forces behind ads. The advertising company that also operates a…
Microsoft’s big plans for its Microsoft Store are slowly coming to an end. The company launched the Store with some fanfare as a place to get games, apps, music, TV shows, and movies. Music, along with the streaming-app Groove Music, was pulled by Microsoft back in 2017 already. Now, Microsoft is adding movies and TV…
Netflix published a new shareholder letter that covers the second quarter of the year. Revenue continues to grow and Netflix is optimistic that the trend continues. The letter covers monetization on the platform, which may also be of interest to Netflix subscribers. In short: It does not take a genius to understand how this is…
Google announced a new feature for YouTube that it says is “all about helping emerging YouTube channels grow by connecting them with new audiences”. Called “Hype”, it allows any YouTube user to hype videos. The only restrictions are that the video needs to have been published a maximum of seven days ago and that the…