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[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

No; I don't think there will be.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

YT is only usable with ad blockers nowadays. And then it does not make a difference if you have a subscription or not.

I would subscribe YT if they had a reasonably priced ad free tier, but if it does not make a difference, I'll watch it for free.

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

YouTube already had too many ads, and I stopped using as a result. That was several months ago. I guess I'll just have to stop using it even harder.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

I still use an ad blocker. They can fuck themselves in the ass. I’ll never stop.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

Youtube has ads? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

Wait. I pay for YouTube with my time, the most important resource I have access to. There’s a level where you pay money and STILL SEE ADS?

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

I would actually pay for YT premium if it was reasonably priced and I think there are many like me. Why are they shooting themselves in the foot?

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've long said to myself, the day revanced, smarttube and adblockers stop working is the day I stop browsing YT.

I watched my son showing me something the other day, he can't yet login via revanced so still has ads, what a shit show.

I asked him how he copes with all the ads, he said I'm dumb to them now I just ignore it. But still coming from zero ads to that was a very jarring experience.

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

I feel like youtube is losing sight of why users are paying for the service then.

To me, personally, youtube is useful enough that I will keep paying to remove ads entirely (in combination with ublock). That being said, there will come a time when the value proposition is no longer balanced. Then I will stop paying, and probably stop using it as well.

But as always with Google, I question whether their motive is to kill another service. They're very competent at that specific thing.

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Common People, Black Mirror Season 7

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Revanced, newpipe, grayjay, it's all I need thank you.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

remember when paying removed ads? crazy i know. no subs ever.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

How about we collectively say fuck youtube and move content to Odysee or something else?

I'm fine with uBlock, but wouldn't it be better if we just kill alphabet progressively? I'm already out Gsuite (nextcloud), gmail (own server), search (duckduckgo), chrome (firefox), I dont even link my phone to a gmail account. i just need to get ride of yt.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

The ads will continue until morale improves.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Youtube ads? I have no clue what you're talking about...

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

I'd love to see a transition to other platforms like Nebula. As users it would be nice to start choosing by principles too.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

YouTube became shittier, what's new.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Wait so you pay for premium and still get ads?

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I confirm that I will see zero ads.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Problem solved! I don't need to think about this premium stuff any more. Recently, I've been playing with the idea of paying for premium, but that's no longer the case. Specifically, the family pack is the one that kinda made some limited sense in the past. I can see the kind of game Google is playing, and I'm not planning to participate.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Would you like to pay us and have ads?

  • Google
[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Firefox and UBlock origine.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm self-hosting Invidious... I get a nice, free YouTube experience without ever visiting YouTube.

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