so if you've been on YouTube very long
you've probably heard of YouTube red but
there's kind of a lot of confusion out
there about what it actually is and
people wonder is it actually worth the
price in this video we've been talking
about five reasons we think it might be
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the paid subscription service that
youtube offers that comes with a lot of
features but there's been mixed kind of
feelings about it and I feel like maybe
a lot of people don't know really what
you get with it and if it's even worth
the $10 a month that it cost right now
at the time of shooting this video so
here's kind of the five most important
things that you get with it and then
we'll kind of give our thoughts on if we
think it will be good for you or not yes
the number one reason and I think the
best reason to get YouTube red is no ads
such a big deal because how many people
are sitting there watching tons of
videos and have seen the same ad over
and over or maybe seen a lot of ads
throughout the day think about how much
time throughout a year you spend on
YouTube just watching advertisements so
when you're signed up to YouTube red no
ads in fact I've signed up for YouTube
red to have no ads when I watch Sean
watching videos and he has an ad it's
like crazy to me because literally 30
seconds and that adds up so I'd say
that's the number one and best reason to
sign up for YouTube red absolutely and
not only that the other thing is that
when you pay that money for YouTube red
then those creators still get money just
not from the ads they get it from the
red subscription and what's cool about
this is there's a lot of creators being
affected by Demonetization and by the
adpocalypse and so when you invest in
YouTube red you're actually able to
invest like really point your money
where you want it to go whether or not
they even monetize their content
they'll get a portion of your money
because you're a red subscriber reason
number two is saving videos offline now
if you're connected to internet whether
through cell phone signal or Wi-Fi this
isn't good
be you know very useful but especially
when you're traveling on a plane this is
gonna be great for travel and in fact
you know like maybe you don't have a
great data plan so you can download
videos and watch them like maybe when
you're on a road trip so I definitely
think this is a great bonus to signing
up for you to Red yeah and even if you
want to like go to the gym and what
other bonus of YouTube Red is the fact
you know number three is that you have
background play and that means that when
you start a video if you put your phone
to sleep or put it on the lockscreen the
audio will keep playing when you don't
have YouTube Red you miss out on that
which is kind of a bummer but what's
cool is we like to listen to a lot of
educational content kind of like a bit
interviews we shoot we listen to other
longer interviews 45 minutes 60 minute
live trainings or talks and so sometimes
all I care about is the audio so at the
gym you know while you're working out
not only can you download that video so
you don't have to worry about Wi-Fi but
you can also play it in the background
and it is one of my favorite things for
travel as well take whatever videos and
whatever things you want to study with
you on the plane or on a road trip two
really cool features reason number four
is original content so just like Netflix
and Hulu and Amazon YouTube is creating
special series of content right on
YouTube with youtubers so this original
content is only available to people
subscribe to YouTube Red and you know
I personally don't watch a lot of it but
I know a lot of people love the content
that they're creating and I agree here
too like this isn't a huge selling point
for me I don't watch the current YouTube
read shows but I would say that from our
connections at YouTube and where we see
things going I think that that's gonna
end up being a lot better content and
it's gonna really mature over time so
something that maybe is not the best
right now but we'll probably be getting
better reason number five is YouTube
Music app or music on YouTube now this
is a function I don't personally use but
what this does is make music available
to you as a YouTube red subscription
holder yeah and so this also may not be
a huge selling point like for us
Benji pays for iTunes radio or whatever
every month I pay for Spotify in
addition so I don't really look to
YouTube red for ad
music but you do get access to that
whole google play library you can also
listen to that offline listen to that
with a lock screen and so something
maybe that you would want to consider
and one point we should clarify is also
YouTube read applies to the YouTube kids
app to the YouTube Music app and to the
standard YouTube platform playing the
background ad-free across the board and
so at the end of the day when we add it
all up I think that ten dollars if you
can afford it is a good investment not
just for add free experience but also
because you're kind of investing in the
platform and creators themselves
especially in the midst of a little bit
of ADD craziness with Demonetization
question of the day do you think it's
worth it to subscribe to YouTube red or
maybe not put it in the comments below
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