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YouTube gives Premium subscribers free Super Chat credits
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YouTube wants its paying subscribers to share the wealth with their favorite creators.
The video giant is currently giving out free credits to YouTube Premium subscribers, according to . Super Chats allow viewers to give a monetary “tip” to YouTube creators during a livestream in exchange for a highlighted comment in the chat.
It’s a beta test we are running — glad you like it! 🙂
— Ryan Wyatt (@Fwiz) March 25, 2019
YouTube’s Head of Gaming Ryan Wyatt has that the free Super Chat credits are part of an ongoing beta test.
Premium subscribers currently pay $11.99 per month for an ad-free experience on the YouTube platform. As part of the beta test, Premium users are being given either one $2 Super Chat credit or two 99 cent credits. The latter can be split up between two separate YouTube livestreamers.
The Super Chat credits will refresh every month for the duration of the beta test.
The free Super Chat credit beta test is very similar to a program instituted by one of YouTube’s biggest competitors, . The Amazon-owned video streaming platform currently provides Amazon Prime subscribers with a free Twitch Prime membership. Along with exclusive gaming , Twitch Prime members receive a free $4.99 monthly subscription to gift to their favorite Twitch Partner.
YouTube recently made the decision to distribute all of its once Premium-exclusive programs to all of the platform’s users. While the ad-free experience is certainly still a huge bonus for Premium members, it seems YouTube is currently experimenting with giving its paid-subscribers additional bonuses in order to keep them paying.
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