I assumed I would boot up the app and there would be a big red button saying GAMES … but no. I have to sign up to PREMIUM. Then find the YOUR PREMIUM BENEFITS section. Then find EXPERIMENTAL FEATURES and select TRY EXPERIMENTAL FEATURES. Then find the TRY GAMES ON YOUTUBE part therein and tap on TRY IT OUT.
I wish premium would stop trying to add more stuff. I only want ad free videos, just do that, rather than adding loads of crap no one wants and then charging more because of the ‘increased value’.
Just use an ad blocker then, I haven’t seen an ad on YouTube in years. If they charged a reasonable amount for their ad-free experience (say, about what they earn from ads, so like $1-2/month), I’d pay. But $14/month is way too much, and I’d rather just not use YouTube than pay that.
I pay for premium so I can turn off my phone screen or do other things on my phone while listening to videos or music. Not having ads is a bonus. They would probably bug me if I had them. I’ve become indifferent to ads on most other things.
I was already a premium subscriber to get rid of ads, and one day it asked me if I wanted to try this feature. I did, and I played (IIRC) an online version of Angry Birds 2 days in a row, and then promptly forgot about it and never looked back.
The games are pretty bad at the moment, and given Google’s history with gaming (Stadia, I’m looking at your grave) I don’t expect them to ever improve. And if they start to, I expect it to be shut down the week after, screwing over every dev that dared to hope they could monetize with that system.
Yeah, similar experience. The only game I tried was basically a web version of state.io, which was already a free app anyway, but instead I got to play a worse version in YT that made my phone burning hot. Cool.
I actually did enjoy it, so I just… downloaded the real app and never booted a game via YT again.
First Netflix, now YouTube? Do people really want games in their video streaming apps? Can you even play while you watch a video?
I wouldn’t pay for Youtube…
Tbh paying for YT was pretty good but the company kept making decisions that were worse and worse for creators, repeatedly failed to protect creators, and they raised the price so i cancelled it.
My current stance is that i will quit YouTube before i watch ads.
I’m open to being a paid member again but for the older, lower price and YT will need to be more on the side of creators. This will not happen, so 🤷♂️
Yup, ad free YouTube should be like $1-2/month, since that’s what they earn from ads. Maybe $5/month at the top end. They should make a lower end tier where you get X views/month ad free and make keep the top one for heavy users.
But $14/month is ridiculous and just isn’t happening. I don’t watch YouTube nearly enough to warrant that, so I just use an ad blocker. If they shut me out, I’ll just stop watching, it’s not a big deal.
That was the funniest shit I’ve read this year!
