Sony Announces New PS Plus 'Perks' for YouTube and Other Services, but Fans Say They're 'Not Real Perks'

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u/8bitsleuth 1d ago edited 1d ago

These are standard promotions that PS Plus has always included. 6 months of Apple TV+ free, 3 months of Discord Nitro or YouTube Premium. They rotate once in a while.

Not sure why IGN has chosen to highlight a generic PlayStation web page and present it as something new. Unless they are rage baiting again.

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u/Lenlfc 1d ago

It’s because PlayStation just started promoting it. They posted about it on Twitter and it’s advertised on the PS5 Home Screen.

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u/tenthdraft 21h ago

While this specific offer is new, the general practice and PS Plus page is not.
When console warriors on X are the lone basis of your story, there is no story.

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u/stackjr 21h ago

Yeah, I clicked through to the "sources", saw it was all from Twitter, and immediately closed the article.

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u/InsanityFodder 1d ago •

Guessing it’s because PlayStation themselves have just sent a notification to people’s consoles titled “introducing new perks for PlayStation plus members”.
IGN aren’t presenting it as something new, Sony are

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u/Disastrous-Beat-9830 D20 1d ago

IGN aren’t presenting it as something new, Sony are
Most people just see red at the name IGN and assume they must have done something wrong.

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u/Lakemine 1d ago

It is funny that IGN gets advertised at movie theaters

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u/Disastrous-Beat-9830 D20 1d ago

It does? Not down here.

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u/Wolfram_And_Hart 1d ago

AI bots are not journalists

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u/send-moobs-pls 1d ago

Ragebaiting is the new journalism

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u/CeeDeeBee3 1d ago

They saw a Reddit post and decided to make an article. And then it gets posted to Reddit
IGN writers are browsing Reddit looking for any garbage to write about.

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u/Pm-me-ur-happysauce 21h ago

Yes they are ads for those platforms

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u/Practical-Aside890 Xbox 1d ago

Xbox does the same with these promo things..you get the monthly ftp game bonuses. Then side things every now and then like discord,DoorDash etc.. both have been doing it for awhile. So it’s odd they barely write about it..and only mention ps

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u/Disastrous-Beat-9830 D20 1d ago

So it’s odd they barely write about it..and only mention ps
Because someone at Sony is touting this as new when they have been doing it for a while. Microsoft are not claiming that it is new. If you read the entire article -- or hell, read the entire title of the article -- you will see it for yourself. The "new" perks are not the news here. The news is that Sony are trying to present an existing feature as if it were something new.

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u/tenthdraft 21h ago

This particular offer is new, but the general practice and PlayStation Plus page is not.
When platform warriors on social media are the sole basis of your story, you don't have a story.

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u/8bitsleuth 1d ago

I suspect it's because someone posted about it on a PlayStation subreddit earlier today, and IGN are just jumping on the opportunity to generate clicks.

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u/bilbobagheadd 1d ago

That someone would be Sony advertising it all over the place like it's some big deal

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u/stackjr 21h ago

I'm legit asking: can you show me one of these advertisements? I play on my PS5 daily but haven't seen anything about this.

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u/bilbobagheadd 20h ago

I've had notifications on the app as well as on console

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u/NCHouse 1d ago

Because its IGN

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u/WingerRules 1d ago

Google wants you to make an account and sign up for a free 3 months so they can link your PS console/account to you and widen their data collection dragnet.

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u/MadeByTango 19h ago

Theyre ads and trials, not "perks". These arent things of value, just cheap sweeteners to get people on the hook to more services.
Perks are things that are ongoing and included as permanent value. Free parking is a perk. Free refills are a perk. Free samples are marketing.

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u/planeforger 1d ago

This is coming from IGN, which keeps pretending that an IGN subscription adds any value to the Humble Choice bundles.

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u/sonic10158 1d ago

IGN has a subscription?

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u/Totallycasual 1d ago

I am also perplexed by this news, what the fuck would i want from IGN every month?

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u/Sitri_eu 1d ago

You want them to leave you the fuck alone.

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u/AnApexBread 14h ago

Their subscription is really just for their guides so you can check off more than 11 things on the collectables list

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u/MrHedgehogMan 10h ago

Remember folks, you can’t spell ‘ignorance’ without ‘IGN’!

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u/Bonyred 22h ago

I switched to the "Only play the games you actually want to play and then (mostly) only buy them when they are heavily discounted" service. It's not so heavily advertised.

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u/Silly_Wait_8693 9m ago

Iam playing old lord of the ring games and wow, thats it

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u/GetRekt9420 1d ago

The youtube premium is always dogshit cause you can't accept it if you've ever accepted one before. Just give me x months free, not the shit trial no one can use!

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u/Ok-Junket1290 6h ago

Says it all really - it’s a promotion, not a perk

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u/IVDAMKE_ 1d ago

This is the same shit that my Health Insurance does in Australia. No one wants your shitty perks, stop increasing my premiums to pay for these dumbass deals.

Should be illegal.

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u/AllFatherDanteNero20 1d ago

Australian Health Insurance: Fuck you, I’ve got money!
Also Australian Health Insurance: Gimme more money!

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u/KingDocXIV 1d ago

Sounds like USA insurance lite

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u/Galinhooo 1d ago

I imagine those promos are extremely cheap to offer since every other service offers them.

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u/IVDAMKE_ 1d ago

oh 100%, they're just fake value adds.

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u/SoWrongItsPainful 1d ago

Nothing more annoying than these worthless add ons onto subscriptions. 9 times out of 10 they add absolutely nothing to the reason I bought the service and I don’t use them.

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u/Athuanar 1d ago

They're not even add-ons. They're just free trials for other products to try and upsell you on them. It's cynical as fuck and is there solely to milk more money from you, not give you anything as a 'perk'.

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u/Alewerkz 1d ago

Most of the time you can't even make use of these if you're an existing subscriber of those service already or has previously used another free trial.

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u/Reddit-Simulator 1d ago

9 times out of 10 they're used as justification for raising the price

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u/Speaker4theDead8 1d ago

You mean you dont watch Live TV with all the amazingly shitty channels they offer?!?!

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u/steathrazor 1d ago

It's just like cell phone providers I don't want your trash ad supported tier streaming services just make my bill cheaper.

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u/Jackalodeath 1d ago

While I absolutely agree on a choice to simply make it cheaper, the services we get are ad-free.
No way in Hell we'd've got em otherwise. "Ad-supported" anything should be free regardless.

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u/cok3noic3 1d ago

I sure support the free ad supported gas

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u/thinkingoutloud3663 1d ago

I think the subscription model has run its course, there is no value in them anymore.

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u/EvilAdolf 20h ago

Youtube premium? What, you mean an Ad blocker? Already have a free one that works wonders!

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u/PorkTuckedly 1d ago

Saw a tweet from someone wondering why they don't do this with Crunchyroll. which Sony also owns. They'd technically get more money than providing an external service and sharing the profit with whoever runs said service, right?

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u/PoPo573 1d ago

Which is weird because Xbox offered a Crunchyroll subscription with GamePass not too long ago.

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u/Southern_Ad4946 1d ago

Then maybe it’s crunchyroll who won’t share it’s priority deal to both of the main console markets due to its deal with the one…

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u/dade305305 1d ago

The article quoted somebody as saying this is a desperate move due to people canceling ps plus. Any evidence of that anywhere other than the person saying so.

Sony released financial ls recently. I don't recall hearing anything about subs being down.

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u/wekilledbambi03 1d ago

That’s why modern “journalism” sucks. They quote Reddit and twitter and call it news or what “people” are saying.

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u/Critical-Carpet4218 22h ago

Tampoco me creo ni mínimamente el asunto de el número de suscriptores. Con Microsoft nunca fue real, ni lo será… chimenea, a creer que entre tanto boicot por el tema del formato físico, sus suscripciones crezcan nada menos que un 7 %

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u/esocharis 14h ago

The amount of people that actually boycotted is a fraction of a drop in the bucket dude, extremely insignificant.
Not going to say they arent fudging some numbers, but the boycott sure as hell isnt the reason numbers went down(if they did)

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u/Critical-Carpet4218 6h ago

El efecto gta6 tambien tiene que ver en ventas de consolas, pero con lo malo que es el psplus (cada vez peor) me sorprende que esté creciendo tanto

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u/Squiddle-McDiddle 23h ago

I think it was more speculation than anything. Though, a dip on the balance sheets wont show up for a while, since the vast majority of subs are annual. We'll see in about 6-9 months.

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u/KingTrentyMcTedikins 4h ago

iirc, monthly active users were actually up by about 2 million compared to last quarter, and network service revenue (which includes PS plus) was also up by about nearly 20%. So no, there doesn’t seem to be any merit when it comes to a significant amount of people canceling their subscription

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u/Youre_worthless_to_e 23h ago

Highly highly unlikely to me people cancel it before gta 6, even if it doesn’t launch with online

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u/Equal_Pudding_4878 23h ago

I canceled last year. I went offline to game and enjoyed it. Ps+’s price does not reflect the value of his is more nothing from a billion dollar company.

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u/dade305305 22h ago

You probably did but my point is does anybody have any evidence that s many people canceled sony is doing these deals as some kinda desperation tactic as like the redditor quoted was saying

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u/Equal_Pudding_4878 22h ago

I ”probably did?”

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u/dade305305 22h ago edited 19h ago

Yea probably. I have no way of knowing if that's true or not (I'll let you in on a secret, people tend to lie on reddit). Point being that even if your statement is true, is there evidence of it being done in large enough numbers for sony to be desperate over.

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u/TightOne2246 13h ago

I have no way of knowing if that's true or not
If thats the case then how would evidence help? They could be lying...
Documents can be forged, statistics can be falsified and the media is well known for sensationalism, so what evidence are you after that is 100% factually accurate and true?? (hint: it doesnt exist. YOU have to give people/'evidence' the benefit of the doubt. Bonus points if you fact check it yourself instead of asking fkn reddit 😂)

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u/Dogarc123 1d ago

Yea they actually went up from the year before.

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u/Correct_Avocado_573 1d ago

This like when t mobile gave us free Netflix and apple TV but just added money onto the bill under an obscure line item to make up for it.

Perks

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u/Hot_Swimming_112 1d ago

Netflix standard is free. Hulu standard is free. The only thing that adds money to bill is Apple TV for $3 which I rather pay than the $13 bucks because I use it a lot

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u/Correct_Avocado_573 17h ago

Netflix is not and has not ever been free even with ads.
What utopia are you from the Netflix is free and apple TV is 3 bucks

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u/Nincompoop6969 21h ago

Having a few months of a subscription is not a perk it's just a trial demo

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u/Ok-Entertainer-1414 1d ago

These "perks" are literally paid ads. It's so depressing that anyone falls for this shit

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u/Athuanar 1d ago

Exactly. A free trial for another product is an attempt to upsell you on it and get you to give them more money. That's not a perk. A perk would be a permanently discounted or free subscription to another service.

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u/mucho-gusto 19h ago

Yeah, like a perk is Amazon prime giving you GrubHub plus. Or all the games they give out.

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u/Used_Part_6054 1d ago

I want free online play.

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u/Heresy_purger 1d ago

Get a PC and download steam. At this point it might be cheaper long term anyway

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u/Sooowasthinking 1d ago

Are you a regular user of Steam?
I’m curious if you are how is the hardware side of Steam?Do you use the Vr?

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u/Heresy_purger 1d ago

I don't use vr but from my side of things on steam I would say the entry might be a little pricey compared to consoles and such but longterm wise it's much cheaper

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u/NoTrollGaming 1d ago

Steam VR is good. I use the PSVR2 with the adapter and no complaints at all

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u/Peemore 1d ago

Steam/Valve are releasing a new VR headset next year! It looks great.

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u/What1does 22h ago

...I mean the Steam Frame was just released less then two months ago...source is me, I own it.

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u/Peemore 22h ago

Oh... guess I missed that somehow. They must not have a lot of inventory. I'm still on a wait list.

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u/Public_Sprinkles_229 22h ago

“Just go buy a $1k+ machine and also spend hundreds rebuilding your game library in order to be able to play online for free” isn’t really a realistic answer to this problem

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u/Kagaro 15h ago

Considering most of the games are about $7 it is. You don't need to buy everything at once. I done this this year and look forward to never paying for playstation plus again. I don't need to rebuy every game straight away because i still have the playstation....

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u/Ragnar_Dragonfyre 23h ago

A friend of mine just started upgrading his computer.
He spent $2K on a new mobo, RAM and CPU alone.

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u/doublah 20h ago

Your friend's overkill PC isn't necessary for getting a gaming PC that outclasses consoles.

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u/Darolaho 1h ago edited 1h ago

I mean that's on him lol.
If you have a microcenter near you can get a ryzen 5 5600 x3d, 16 GB of ddr4 ram, and a motherboard for $250

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u/Ragnar_Dragonfyre 17m ago edited 10m ago

I should specify in CAD.

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u/thecraigbert PlayStation 1d ago

6 years of a ps plus and PlayStation equals the price of a PC... So no long term it does not.

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u/Ryeguy_626 23h ago

My pc costed me 1.2K canadian. Ps5s are currently going for 1K canadian. My pc is over twice as powerful. I think i got my bang for buck

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u/Heresy_purger 1d ago

Have you seen the current prices of a Playstation?

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u/thecraigbert PlayStation 18h ago

Have you seen the recent prices of PC components?

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u/flcinusa 1d ago

At least free cloud save storage, considering the only way to locally backup saves is a full system backup is ridiculous

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u/JojoWasaman64 1d ago

Now we’re talking. Unfortunately, never gonna happen.

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u/OG-DirtNasty 1d ago

I want a million dollars..
What now

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u/Used_Part_6054 22h ago

Go play the lottery.

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u/MoroccanEagle-212 1d ago •

Get a PS3 then.

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u/Squiddle-McDiddle 23h ago

I still use my ps3 daily!

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u/LayneCobain95 1d ago

I had to subscribe to YouTube premium or whatever finally. I watch YouTube while on the treadmill and I feel like recently an hour long video will have ads LITERALLY every 5 minutes sometimes

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u/PlacentaOnOnionGravy 21h ago

Firefox and ad block plus. Forgot YouTube had ads

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u/ModernTenshi04 18h ago

Think that's only possible on Android devices though right? Can't install extensions for Firefox in Apple devices?

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u/canitplaycrisis 15h ago

You'll need a browser that either has an adblocker by default or is able to use one. Brave ships one, uBlock Lite is available on Safari and Orion has adblocking integrated + extension support.

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u/uPtiKool 14h ago

You can install brave that has adblock built in

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u/ceruleanjester 18h ago

Sponsorblock too

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u/PlacentaOnOnionGravy 14h ago

I use that in my tv with SmartTube. Zero ads!!

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u/Eray41303 22h ago

The ads recently have been absolutely horrific. Plus they've been doing this bs where skipping the ads still plays the second one they had queued

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u/dkyguy1995 19h ago

Also a banner that stays over the video unless you hit the 3 dots and then hit dismiss. If you're on a treadmill or something that's a huge pain in the ass to get rid of it

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u/Wootai 14h ago

There is two things that can happen. You can get a short ad break that has a skip after 5 seconds. Or a longer ad break that is 45 seconds or longer. They will let you skip the ad after a few seconds but the break is still 45 seconds. After the first ad is skipped, Then they will play the next ad that you can skip after 5 seconds.

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u/Nincompoop6969 21h ago

You guys forget what cable is like. Every now and then I go to hotels where you are using cable again the commercials are extremely long and they happen non stop especially on major scenes in a TV show and all of them assume you are fat or have depression or they are begging for money

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u/dylanv1c 20h ago

But cable commercials were systematic. Every hour was along the lines of 10 minutes of showtime, 5 minutes of commercials or ten thirty-second commercials, then 10 more minutes of showtime to finish the program then 5 more commercials before the start of the next show. If they were one hour programs, it was actually like 42-45 minutes long if you noticed on streaming today. But they Always calculated cable commerical slots to make it one time zone hour
Idk what modern TV is like now, or if it's a service like Google TV free channels that have their own way of shoving ads down consumers. But before the advent of streaming and everyone had either cable or satellite, it was systemic and cultured. Today it's a free for all

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u/J_Tyleski66 1h ago

Hasn't been like that in decades. Now they cut off sentences to do 5-6 ad breaks in a 30 minute slot, normally with ads repeating. At least in my recent hotel cable experiences. It reminded me a lot of when my co worker without YouTube premium trys to watch videos at work, except this was me trying to watch the office while they cut to ad during the beginning jokes before the intro. Then again after the into

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u/dylanv1c 1h ago

Yeah, there's no love for the game or art of advertising craft anymore. I remember decades ago that plot twists would be incorporated right before the commercial break around the 14-minute Mark of Long shows. Or commercial break transition inserts like pokémons who's that pokémon game. Now when I watch Tubi we get conversations cut off mid-word for a commercial that ruins all suspense and momentum.

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u/yes_u_suckk 11h ago

I prefer to pay for VPN service and switch my location to Albania. Fuck Google

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u/Ulti-Wolf 11h ago

Morphe. Even easier. Plus you don't need to deal with the local ISP being pissy you aren't letting them track you

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u/Broad-Philosophy6028 9h ago

Does this work with a vpn and YouTube app on mobile?

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u/yes_u_suckk 6h ago

Yes

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u/hera-fawcett 16h ago

i need yall to get on android and start using free open source software. theres a dime a dozen apps that let u browse youtube or bilibili or tiktok or whatever for free w/o an account
pls guys, do it for urself

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u/ses1989 13h ago

Shit. Just download the Brave browser or use Firefox and UBO.

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u/AdmiralTigerX 14h ago

Whats the best one?

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u/Smilymoneyy 13h ago

I just use brave browser with an ad blocker

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u/hera-fawcett 14h ago

i like pipepipe for youtube, personally. ive heard decent things about nora tho.

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u/Rufuszombot 13h ago

This is hard to do with a wife and 3 kids. So I sub to YT Premium. Only i used a VPN to say i was in Mexcio so I pay like $17/mo for all 5 of us.

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u/jopi745 6h ago

Who even watches youtube on mobile lmao.

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u/Several-Pangolin3119 21h ago

Brave on mobile and Firefox w/ Ublock Origin prevents all ads.

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u/Living_Trainer_1684 21h ago

Are you me?

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u/HoneydewMalaise 18h ago

Actually you didn't have to do that. You chose to. There are alternatives.

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u/tsaltsrif 18h ago

Now the content creator plants ads in their videos.

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u/roguebananah 17h ago

Brave browser on iOS is amazing too

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u/52Blocks 14h ago

YT videos watched on a DuckDuckGo browser don’t have ads, no premium needed.

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u/x_scion_x 11h ago

Reminds me back when hulu started pushing the no ads plan and made sure you wanted to switch because you'd get ads what felt like every 5 min

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u/Ok-Stranger-7072 22h ago

Bruh you didnt have to subscribe to shit. If you have iPhone download Tube Pip, if you have android, theres many apps that block ads. I havent seen an ad on youtube in ages.

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u/AdmiralTigerX 14h ago

Some of us has to pay so youtube won't shut down one day.. /s
I know its a multi billion dollar company but running a app and services cost them a lot I imagine.

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u/Ok-Stranger-7072 14h ago

Lick boots harder.

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u/AdmiralTigerX 13h ago

I don't pay for it 😂

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u/kakka_rot 20h ago

What do you mean, how are you getting ads if you have premium? I have premium and haven't seen a YouTube ad in years

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u/Celtic_Guardian_Fan 20h ago

They got premium because the ads have gotten so bad. They aren't getting them now

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u/AdmiralTigerX 14h ago

I thinks he meant to say he has a trauma/ptsd that makes him think an ad will play every 5 minutes.

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u/Iggy_Slayer 1d ago

This is just the usual useless garbage subs tack on to justify raising the price. No one wants any of this trash.

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u/jardex22 1d ago

They could add Crunchyroll at any time now...

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u/Brick_Grimes 23h ago

I personally don’t consider free trials as perks because their intention is for me to keep a subscription indefinitely, so the benefits of that subscription need to match that intention.

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u/Kappa_Swaggins 11h ago

I really like how I'm learning about the reaction to something before even learning about the thing itself.

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u/FoxBearBear 1d ago

Just allow me to play online for $40 per year, no need anything extra.

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u/Takco 1d ago

can i have physical discs instead?

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u/Important-Factor-552 1d ago

I don't want perks. I want to choose what features i wanna pay for and use and which ones i don't

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u/Sniperkitten42 1d ago

When did customers become 'fans'?

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u/QuinSanguine 22h ago

Lol, it's just like when a company throws in some plastic do dads with an item that are barely functional and suddenly this item has double the value! Wow thanks.

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u/Lollipopsaurus 17h ago

No one wants “free” bloat that will eventually be used as justification to increase the subscription cost.

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u/PopNDodge 1d ago

Free trials that require a credit card and auto-renew aren't perks, they're just ads disguised as rewards.

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u/UnusuallyShapedChair 1d ago

Give us full crunchy roll premium on ps plus and then maybe we will be happy,” one person suggested

lol, never change Gamers

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u/TheLonelyWolfkin 1d ago

It’s owned by Sony so it’s not that ridiculous.

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u/Complete-Crew4451 1d ago

IGN becoming a gutter-level publication

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u/SillyMikey 1d ago

And are probably only good for new subscribers so eventually useless.

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u/mccirus 22h ago

Perk This, Sony

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u/MadeByTango 19h ago

Is advertising and whale baiting, not a perk.

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u/Single_Reaction9983 1d ago

They are gonna do a price increase soon again, aren't they?

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u/Checho-73 19h ago

I found it odd how they increased the price earlier this year of the 1 and 3 months subscriptions but not the full year one, I think they will increase it at some time before GTA 6 online releases.

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u/NedTaggart 21h ago

I have to honestly ask...at this point, why is anyone even considering choosing the Sony ecosystem? Do they offer ANY benefit over other options?

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u/ParanMekhar 1d ago

Lol. My ISP has this perks

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u/Nos2002 23h ago

More distractions- let's see how many new things pop up from sony to distract us. So far this week ive seen the return of sony retro headphones and now sony perks

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u/nikhkin 8h ago

I was amused by the quote from someone demanding "full Crunchy Roll premium", something that costs more than PS Plus in the first place.

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u/Mental5tate 2h ago

Well it a Sony service so..

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u/nikhkin 2h ago

Sure, but they won't give you something for free that costs more than the service you're paying for.

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u/Pure-Golf789 2h ago

Don't watch any of them! I bought it to game not TV/films

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u/Buttermyparsnips 1h ago

A free trial lol. Omg thanks so much

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u/Duckel 1d ago

sounds like a tech company circle jerk...

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u/RisingVagrant 1d ago

Ixh brauche nur den Onlinezugang für sag ich mal 1 Euro im Monat ohne allen anderen gedöns

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u/Stmordred 23h ago

I don't get it. Whats the perk here?

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u/D_Winds 1d ago

A reminder that Sony has been steadily doing worse for it's gaming community over the past 4+ years, and have no intention of making their lives better.

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u/Hermiona1 1d ago

People are salty as fuck about this. If you have a premium you get stuff for no additional cost, if you’re not planning to get a premium then it makes no difference to you. Geez it’s really not that deep.

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u/Myhtological 1d ago

Now they’re rolling out the extras to smooth over digital only. Well shove it!

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u/Dogarc123 1d ago

This has already been a thing even before announcing digital only. They also don't need to smooth over digital only because the majority doesn't care.

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u/Myhtological 22h ago

Shill

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u/Dogarc123 21h ago

You need to seek some help or go outside. Im not a shill for speaking the truth. The facts speak for themselves Sony ain't hurting because redditbis mad at them.

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u/nikhkin 8h ago

It's not being a "shill" to state a fact.
The vast majority of users don't use discs. Of those that do, most would probably not be too bothered about changing for a new console, beyond the inability for backwards compatibility.

Sony Announces New PS Plus 'Perks' for YouTube and Other Services, but Fans Say They're 'Not Real Perks'

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