YouTube introduced a hefty subscription worth enhance this week that may shoot the month-to-month price up by $10 to $82.99 on January thirteenth for current members (or now, if you happen to join at the moment). Some subscribers are staving off the hike utilizing the time-honored custom of threatening to cancel, as one Verge reader indicated in a comment on our original story in regards to the worth hike.
That’s backed up by customers in a Reddit thread that 9to5Google spotted, a number of of whom reported getting the provide to maintain paying $72.99 for six extra months once they tried to cancel their subscriptions, though some report that didn’t work for them. Some who did get to maintain the previous worth say it occurred solely once they logged in utilizing an online browser on their pc and pushed by way of presents to pause their subscription as an alternative.
One Verge staffer, Jennifer Tuohy, did get the provide to increase her present worth. She canceled by logging into YouTube TV in a browser on her pc and navigating to Settings > Membership > Handle. As of this morning, Reddit customers continue to report receiving the extension provide.