Actually I've had YouTube premium for a few years now and I love it! I use YouTube a lot, but I also then get YouTube Music which I also use A LOT because it's actually a really good music service.
Music plus ad free YouTube? Video/music background playing? All worth the money to me, and I'm helping keep a service I enjoy alive as YouTube still isn't profitable. Which also slows enshitification of another product I enjoy.
I want to help YouTube be profitable while I still like it, to
Is that because it's harder to notice?
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No clue lol. But I'm sure it's possible.
Me too. I can't wait for the next subject of Lemmy drama! It makes me feel alive! 😂
Yep! The welfare cliff I believe it's called. Evidence of a poorly designed welfare system, which I think some see as a feature not a bug sadly.
Instead of seeing it as a charge to remove ads, maybe look at it as buying the ad free app from the dev? That's how I see it. And giving people the option to use the app for free with ads is IMO a decent trade off.
I don't know if you've heard of it, pretty obscure app but it's super smooth, have you tried Sync?
I pronounce you both... ENGAGED. May you live long and prosper.
It was cheaper on Reddit yeah. But after years and years of enjoyment from my most used app, I'm happy to pay whatever he asks for the new version for Lemmy.
You could say I'm a master...