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You know what also works? Paying for Premium… hate me if you want, but I end up watching like 10+ hours of YouTube a week, might as well pay for premium at that point.
Yeah. Despite all the evil things Google does, saying "either pay for our product or watch ads" is kinda reasonable.
I pay for premium and it's fine. I still run Vanced on my phone because I hate lots of other things about YouTube, but I'm okay with paying for a product I use every day.
Thanks homie. People act like it’s soooo ridiculous to pay $16/month to more freely watch what you already watch…
I pay for it too. Blocks ads really well.
I'll take YouTube over any other streaming service. With how much I consume of Youtube, only felt right to pay. Practically my cable at this point.
They had a $5 tier and removed it to force the people on it to watch ads.
People were literally paying and Google stopped them from doing so.
Yeah, that’s true. I totally forgot about that
But don’t you know, they give you a whole streaming music service for free! /s
Watching youtube without ads is kind of like eating meat. I can't morally justify my behavior, but I will keep doing it untill it becomes a real inconvenience. I can't make a good faith argument about why youtube should serve me amazing video content for free.
That costs money, though.