Would I pay?

blog post #2: 

Ads are something that we live with in this day and age but they can also get quite out of hand and irritating. YouTube Red allows you to watch ad-free videos from any console that is compatible with YouTube. Even for this there are downsides and upsides.

One of the downsides is that this will cost you $9.99 a month and for iOS users, they will be charged $12.99 to cover Apple’s in-app purchase tax. Another downside is that at the moment YouTube Red is limited to 10 of the most popular channels because it is so early in the launch but there is no knowing what more are coming. There is also another slight downside, they say that you can listen/watch videos of line but they don’t tell you that you are only allowed to keep them for 30 days.

The main plus side you get on YouTube Red is ad free YouTube, without ads before, during and after the video you are watching. In addition the channels that are partnered with YouTube Red will receive budgets “to create videos equivalent to the current television shows”. With this money YouTubers are launching series (kind of like current T.V shows). For example Pewdiepie is launching a series called “Scare Pewdiepie” which is being managed by the creator of “the walking dead”. There are also more options to watch like one called “the laser team” which is a featured action comedy film follows a group who discover an alien ship carrying mysterious cargo which leads to a battle to save the earth. They say that their goal is to provide paying viewers with “a more sleek and polished” watching experience in addition to the already created YouTube library.  

With YouTube Red you are also allowed to listen to videos in the background of a mobile device while on another app or while it is locked. You also get access to Google and YouTube’s music library (which you have to pay for without YouTube Red). With the added bonus that you can watch videos offline for 30 days

So will I be getting YouTube Red? No I don’t think so because as irritating ads are I don’t think that it is worth it for me to spend $10 on something thing that I have been living without.