YouTube Might Want You to Be a Premium User to Watch 4K Videos
Oct. 4, 2022YouTube might be planning a new change, which might not be liked by many. The video-streaming platform is reportedly reserving 4K videos for Premium users, thus, persuading people to upgrade if they want content in 4K. Some users have posted the same on Reddit and Twitter and here’s what this is all about.
YouTube 4K Videos Won’t Be Free?
As per a post onReddit(check out more links:1,2) and Twitter, YouTube is nowattaching the “Premium” tag to the 2160p option, thus, requiring people to pay if they want to watch 4K videos. This option is appearing for a few people, although, I couldn’t spot it.
Hence, it remains unknown whether or not this is a test for a small group of people. We also don’t know where this change is going live. YouTube hasn’t provided any official word on this.
To recall,YouTube recently got criticism for showing 5 unskippable ads before a video playsfor free users. Post the scrutiny, YouTube confirmed that this is a test and is currently for a few people. It remains to be seen if this feature becomes official.
Since YouTube is yet to reveal more on this, it’s best to wait and see what it eventually plans to do. We will let you know, so, stay tuned. Also, do let us know if you are also seeing the same option on YouTube in the comments below.
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