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meinblown t1_ivoikev wrote

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Youtube Premium for the win!

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you_give_me_coupon t1_ivphuqe wrote

I have not seen an ad on Youtube in at least a decade. uBlock origin handles them just fine.

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meinblown t1_ivqcclw wrote

Yeah, but you are taking away ad revenue from the channels you watch. At least with my premium account they are getting paid for my views, so they can keep making the content I enjoy watching, and I don't have to watch pointless ads constantly.

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you_give_me_coupon t1_ivqfcyw wrote

If you trust Google. I'm fine not giving money to an unaccountable, amoral megacorp and hoping they'll give it over to people making videos. More than half of the channels I watch are demonetized anyway (nothing salacious, just history stuff like The Great War).

Fundamentally, it's my computer, so I get to decide what it does, including whether it fetches and displays ads. If someone's business model revolves around me voluntarily doing something I don't want to do, that's either harmful or just a waste, that's not my problem.

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downy_huffer t1_ivoshlt wrote

I miss premium! Had to cancel when they bumped the price to $22/month. That's just too high.

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meinblown t1_ivowk4l wrote

It's really not when it is 90% of your entertainment. I use it for videos and music, so double that is still worth it to me.

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