Ngaphezulu nje konyaka, iGoogle yethule i-YouTube Red, insizakalo yokukhokha evumela abasebenzisi ukuthi jabulela ipulatifomu ye-YouTube ngaphandle kwezikhangiso. Njengoba bekulindelekile, leplatifomu entsha ayikafiki nje kubasebenzisi namuhla futhi ngokusho kweThe Verge, i-YouTube Red cishe inababhalisile abangaphezu kwesigidi nesigamu. I-YouTube Red ayitholakali emhlabeni wonke, kodwa kungenzeka kuphela ukuyisayina uma sihlala e-United States, Mexico, Australia nase-New Zealand.
I-Google yayingaphambi kwesikhathi lapho yethula le sevisi lapho ekugcineni ifuna khona unikele ngokuqukethwe okukhethekile okufana nochungechunge nokuzama ukuba ngumncintiswano weNetflix, HBO, Hulu nezinye izinsizakalo zevidiyo ezisakazwayo, kepha ngokunikezwa kwamanje kokukwazi ukujabulela ipulatifomu ye-YouTube ngaphandle kwezikhangiso, akubambeki phakathi kwabasebenzisi, ngaphandle kokuthi kufaka phakathi nethuba lokukwazi ukujabulela i-Google Play Umculo, insiza yomculo yokusakaza ye-Google.
Ngaphezu kwalolu chungechunge, iGoogle nayo ifuna ukunikeza ukusakazwa kweziteshi ezikhokhelwayo ngeplatifomu ye-YouTube, efana ne-CBS, efinyelele esivumelwaneni nenkampani yokusesha ukunikela ngalo lonke uhlelo lwayo nge-YouTube kubasebenzisi ababhalisele i-YouTube Red. Kusuka kwaGoogle abaziqinisekisi noma baziphike lezi zinombolo zababhalisile kepha kubonakala sengathi babeke ithemba labo ezinhlelweni ezintsha ezizokwethulwa ngonyaka ozayo ngochungechunge olukhethekile ngaphezu kokufaka iziteshi ezingopopayi ezifana neDisney efinyelele esivumelwaneni sayo ukwazi ukunikela ngama-movie wakho amaningi kubabhalisi be-YouTube Red kuphela.
Umqondo ngokwawo awumubi, kepha mhlawumbe iGoogle bekufanele ilinde ukwethula le sevisi uma seyilungiselele uchungechunge olukhethekile oluhlela ukusakaza, amanye awo asevele esekhiqizweni, ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi unyaka ozayo usuvele uyatholakala ku-YouTube Red, uchungechunge oluthi kuya ngempumelelo abanayo nomphakathi kungaba yindlela yokukhulisa le nkundla noma ukuqeda ukuyicwila ngokuqinisekile.
