
YouTube launches a cheaper subscription plan in the U.S. with most videos ad-free
YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet, launched a subscription service on Wednesday for $7.99 per month, which offers mostly ad-free videos excluding music. The company hopes this plan will allow it to compete more directly with products from Netflix and Disney. This plan, named "Premium Lite," is primarily aimed at customers who rarely watch music videos or listen to music. YouTube is a mainstream provider in the streaming music world, but a large number of viewers of this online video company seldom use this feature, and it is expected that these users may be attracted to the new service launched by the company

