• moose_cannon@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      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…

    • Gentoo1337@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Probably just a morality thing. Even though some creators have spoken against its use because the experience is bad

  • meat_popsicle@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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…

  • RoxActually@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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

    • transmatrix@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      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.

    • ash@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      does this support 4k? Anything i’ve used that says they do actually don’t. FreeTube, Invidious, Piped

  • Jentu@lemmy.filmEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • Cybermass@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      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.

      • Jentu@lemmy.filmEnglish
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        1 year ago

        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.

        • theblueredditrefugee@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Do you happen to know of a replacement for Youtube Vanced? It stopped getting supported due to cease and desist, and now it only works like half the time… (idk why youtube doesn’t create a version check and make it not work all the time, but w/e lmao I’ll take what I can get)

          • Aleks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            there is a replacement called revanced, here is their github page.

            You will have to compile the youtube app yourself, their revanced manager will help you with that.

            And you have to download the latest supported version that is 18.19.35 from apk mirror.

            If you need any more help feel free to ask me :)