After it was previewed at YGG Play Summit a few months ago, the short film Metaverse Filipino Worker marks its premiere on YouTube. The 38-minute film explores how Filipinos embraced Web3 as a new frontier for work, where Web3 players evolved from players simply grinding for in-game tokens to highly skilled professionals shaping the global decentralized […]
After we confirmed that YouTube Premium would be more expensive in the Philippines last August, the video streaming platform made the new prices official on its website. To recap, the price hike for the Individual Plan is Php 40, while the Family Plan gets a bigger increase by Php 140. The Student Plan also gets […]
A new report confirms the effectiveness of a popular YouTube video method for drying a wet phone. But how does it work? Is it really tried and tested? YouTube features numerous videos promising to remove water from phone speakers, with users swearing they work. Many of these videos mention a “community” of users who have […]
Recently, there have been reports that YouTube Premium will be more expensive in the Philippines. While we have to receive the notification, YouTube Premium will now be priced at Php 189/month (from Php 149) for Individual Plans and Php 379/month (from Php 239) for Family Plans (up to 5 users). Student plans will also be […]
If you think YouTube is content with its ways of prohibiting ad blockers, the streaming giant has new ways of annoying users who continue to use ad blockers–and forcing them to subscribe to YouTube Premium instead. READ MORE: YouTube Testing More Aggressive Policy on Use of Ad Blockers YouTube Now Warns Use of Ad Blockers […]
ABS-CBN Entertainment, the official channel of the Kapamilya Network, is the most subscribed YouTube channel in Southeast Asia (SEA) with over 47 million subscribers and 54 billion lifetime views. As one of the largest media and entertainment companies in the Philippines, they offer a digital platform called Kapamilya Online Live, which provides subscribers with access […]
YouTube has escalated its push against the use of any ad blocker, turning what was initially a limited initiative into a full-scale crackdown around the world. The platform has “launched a global effort” to encourage users to allow ads or to try out its paid subscription service, YouTube Premium. This was confirmed by YouTube Senior […]
YouTube recently started showing pop-ups to users with ad blockers, warning that such programs were not allowed on the service. In the same notifications, YouTube also politely asked users to disable their ad blockers. Needless to say, this approach to combating the use of ad blockers became unpopular among community members, some of whom immediately […]
After months of testing a way to discourage people from using ad blockers, YouTube is rolling out a stern warning to those using ad blockers to watch videos without ads and without paying for YouTube Premium. We can confirm that the ad blocker warning is being rolled out in the Philippines, as we received this […]
It’s a strange moment for YouTube, as the official channel of CNN Philippines was allegedly banned. We tried to search for the said YouTube channel, and we got a notification that “this account has been terminated because we received multiple third-party claims of copyright infringement regarding the material the user posted.” Trying to click on […]