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I don't see why buying youtube premuim is any better than just using ublock origin.
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Because it works on smart tvs and Chromecast. Also I like YouTube music. I watch enough YouTube that it's worth it for me. Almost 0% of that watch time is on a device that supports uBlock Origin
Also you know...supporting channels I watch...
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Probably just a morality thing. Even though some creators have spoken against its use because the experience is bad
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All that paying does is prove you’ll pay whatever they want. Just like a blackmailer, it’s never enough. They always escalate in their attempts to extract “value”.
It’s the same damn story, time after time. “Oh, we put a few ads to cover expenses - it’ll be limited, we promise.” 3 months later: “We have a premium plan that hides ads.” Another 3 months: “We now have informational banners on premium for our own content. Since it’s our own, it’s totally not an ad!”
Then just: “Pay us a monthly rate and get served ads.”
It’s like fucking clockwork with these ghouls.
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This is why I would not want to pay a subscription to YouTube. I don't trust that they would ever truely work out all the ads
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I've had Premium since it was called Red (got it through Google Music) and never see ads. Would be upset if I was OP, but haven't experienced that issue myself.
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What you thought that paying money would take away the ads?! (Laughs in profit)
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That's why I canceled Premium. I was still getting ads AND Google still used trackers. AND content creators get next to no money from it...
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More like very infuriating, I pay for premium too, if I see ads I’ll be pissed!
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Corporations ☕
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Wait people actually pay for that shit 🤔
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Via VPN in India. Costs about 1$ per month.
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Yes and it worth it not to see garbage ads.
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to be fair you don't need premium to not have ads
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smarttube next my beloved
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does this support 4k? Anything i’ve used that says they do actually don’t. FreeTube, Invidious, Piped
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I'm also a premium YT subscriber and if I see this or they kick me off for using PiHole, I'll cancel my account and just set up some automation with YT-DLP to Plex or Infuse for channels I like watching. If youtube decided that it's their turn to get shitty like the rest of the popular internet, I'll be beyond upset.
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You can actually set up firewall settings to block any traffic coming from the ads, the only way they can stop that form of ad block is to block the person's IP address.
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I'm mainly worried that some of the people I like watching on youtube will decide that youtube isn't worth it anymore and they'll stop making content entirely. Or even switch over to twitch, which I've never been able to get into.
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