• CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    Why pay for premium anyway? Let alone a family plan. You still get ads. They can be skipped too — SponsorBlock will do it for free. Google could use this but chooses not to.

    They want YouTube to be like cable TV. You pay for it. You watch ads. You pay more for premium channels.

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      1 month ago

      I pay for it, also no ads except the sponsor plugs, which are pretty easy to skip. Overall a better experience than the non premium. I don’t live in the USA so my cost is like $5/month.

      • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 month ago

        The three people who replied before you said they don’t get the sponsor plugs.

        When I had YTP (I had a trial, it was like 3 months for $1), I got the sponsored segments. So either those other people are lying, or they don’t understand what I’m saying.

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      YouTube is my only subscription.

      I use it for Music and Video. I definitely get my money’s worth, they’re streaming to me at least 8 hours a day.

      If it’s not background music, it’s videos. I can’t even fathom how many hours of ads I have avoided.

      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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        1 month ago

        same here, but even I’m looking to cancel both to avoid supporting a US company and because they’re making my experience worse by having a shitty user experience

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        1 month ago

        I’ve never seen a single youtube ad with uBlock Origin. SponsorBlock takes care of most of the sponsored segments that a premium youtube account won’t get rid of.

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      1 month ago

      You don’t get ads. You pay less than double what two premiums cost and your household can share.

    • Simyon@lemmy.world
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      I pay for premium because currently it’s the easier option for getting no Ads on all my devices. Yes I could install a third party client on my TV, Phone & use uBlock on Desktop, but two of those require active upkeep.

      • YouTube Music is included.

      For sponsorships, YouTube Premium has the “Skip Ahead” feature which basically leeches off sponsorblock users where commonly skipped sections can be also skipped by you.

      It’s just currently easier to pay than to pirate. I will say however, if it gets too shitty, I will resort back to pirating.

    • krunklom@lemmy.zip
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      1 month ago

      YouTube is fucking garbage.

      I don’t care about the ads because it’s fucking garbage, and why would I watch garbage?