YouTube Reverses Course on Making Users Pay for 4K

Recently, some YouTube users started reporting that their ability to watch 4K videos was hidden behind a premium subscription, leading to outcry.

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Thankfully, that experiment has been walked back.

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The trouble started a couple of weeks ago when YouTube users began complaining on Reddit that 4K resolutions

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were being held behind premium subscriptions, which costs $11.99 a month in the US and carries

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with it features like a lack of adds and offline viewing, though before this experiment, resolution options were always free.

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Thankfully, however, in a recent tweet, YouTube said:

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YouTube Reverses Course on Making Users Pay for 4K

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Recently, some YouTube users started reporting that their ability to watch 4K videos was hidden behind a premium subscription, leading to outcry.

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Thankfully, that experiment has been walked back.

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The trouble started a couple of weeks ago when YouTube users began complaining on Reddit that 4K resolutions

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were being held behind premium subscriptions, which costs $11.99 a month in the US and carries

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with it features like a lack of adds and offline viewing, though before this experiment, resolution options were always free.

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Thankfully, however, in a recent tweet, YouTube said:

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