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Babidi123 posted...

still listen to the app while its minimized.

i don't get it.

have people seriously forgot this was always a feature before google removed it/hid it behind paywall?

Honestly amused how much CE is freaking out over this. But hey, this is definitely free entertainment.

Just look it up. 13 a month is a hell no

Asherlee10 posted...

It was never really free, because serving ads was part of the business model. It's that people skirted this with ad blockers. When something is "free," you are part of the product.

I don't remember ads being this prevalent before 2010.

At worst a banner/event ad or, a uncommon 5 second ad with a image on the side

I probably wouldn't sign up for it today, but I got it bundled back when the service was google play music all access or whatever. So it's still $10 for both YouTube premium and YouTube music, which seems fair to me

If they ever force me out of that deal then I'm cancelling and going the ad blocker route

Gwynevere posted...

I probably wouldn't sign up for it today, but I got it bundled back when the service was google play music all access or whatever. So it's still $10 for both YouTube premium and YouTube music, which seems fair to me

If they ever force me out of that deal then I'm cancelling and going the ad blocker route

Same. Ive had it since Google play music was in beta so I pay, I think, $8.47 a month for it. I dont watch enough videos to justify paying full price otherwise though. If they eliminate my grandfathered pricing, Ill stream my music elsewhere probably. One nice thing about YouTube music is the ease of finding rare and unreleased songs compared to other services though so idk.

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Yeah but the difference is now they're disabling ad blockers which essentially made it free for so many people using those.

It's so fuckin' expensive, though. $140 per year just to use their site without seeing ads? That's the highest ad-free tier I've ever paid for.

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Or use Invidious, YouTube ReVanced, FreeTube, NewPipe, etc.

No ads plus no money to Google to get rid of ads.

It's amazing to me the amount of people on CE who timeshare sell for youtube premium. Amazing and baffling.

Babidi123 posted...

100% worth it if you watch a lot of YouTube like myself. No ads and you can still listen to the app while its minimized. Plus it comes with YouTube Music Premium which allows you to cancel your Spotify/Apple subscription.

The best part of that package is youtube music. You can download a custom YouTube APK for Android to get no ads + minimize privileges without paying.

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That's fine. Another advantage is the increased privacy though. Not a fan of Google's data collection policies.

punkfanalways posted...

I dont get the hate YouTube gets for wanting to protect itself from ad blockers.

Because their ToS says they're not responsible if one of their ads fucks up your computer. If they don't wanna be responsible, we have no obligation to play ball.

(Rest of your post was "avocado toast" tier and not worth addressing)

Also all those years they collected data off users below the age of 13.

Umbreon posted...

Because their ToS says they're not responsible if one of their ads fucks up your computer. If they don't wanna be responsible, we have no obligation to play ball.

(Rest of your post was "avocado toast" tier and not worth addressing)

Also all those years they collected data off users below the age of 13.

So if they removed that from their TOS you'd be fine with them cracking down on ad blockers?

emblem-man posted...

So if they removed that from their TOS you'd be fine with them cracking down on ad blockers?

I'd find it merely disagreeable as opposed to outright repugnant.

I've dealt with ads during the early days, before ad blockers became mainstream. Not really interested in using the internet without protection.

Are you blocking ads on this very site? You should be.

As an aside, I find it interesting the amount of people who previously never once spoke about YouTube are now gushing over their premium service like they're being sponsored by Raid Shadow Legends.

Umbreon posted...

As an aside, I find it interesting the amount of people who previously never once spoke about YouTube are now gushing over their premium service like they're being sponsored by Raid Shadow Legends.

Was there a reason to talk about it before this topic was made? You either subbed or didn't, it's not like you just blurt it out in a foot fetish topic or something.

Babidi123 posted...

100% worth it if you watch a lot of YouTube like myself. No ads and you can still listen to the app while its minimized. Plus it comes with YouTube Music Premium which allows you to cancel your Spotify/Apple subscription.

https://i.imgur.com/ssebHsS.gifv

I use premium because I like to download video for offline use. How does youtube music work though? I use spotify because of the clean interface. I don't want lots of music playlists clogging up my regular youtube playlists.

-Unowninator- posted...

https://i.imgur.com/ssebHsS.gifv

That's fucking adorable!

I would actually be down with premium if they lowered the price or added new features. It's just not worth it right now. The free version is just premium that hasn't been sabotaged by bad features.

ironman2009 posted...

Was there a reason to talk about it before this topic was made? You either subbed or didn't, it's not like you just blurt it out in a foot fetish topic or something.

Yes. There have been topics about premium and people pushing premium in all of the ad block topics since youtube started doing this back towards the beginning of the year. It's like these users came out of nowhere and all reading from the same timeshare sales scripts.

voldothegr8 posted...

Yes. There have been topics about premium and people pushing premium in all of the ad block topics since youtube started doing this back towards the beginning of the year. It's like these users came out of nowhere and all reading from the same timeshare sales scripts.

Oh, well then carry on

voldothegr8 posted...

Yes. There have been topics about premium and people pushing premium in all of the ad block topics since youtube started doing this back towards the beginning of the year. It's like these users came out of nowhere and all reading from the same timeshare sales scripts.

Or maybe we've just been here all along but haven't had reason to talk about it because people weren't constantly making topics complaining about the subject.

A_Good_Boy posted...

Or maybe we've just been here all along but haven't had reason to talk about it because people weren't constantly making topics complaining about the subject.

Riiiiiight...

C_Pain posted...

I use premium because I like to download video for offline use.

youtube-dl is free though

Mearcstapa posted...

youtube-dl is free though

But it's so convenient having it in the app with a click of a button

C_Pain posted...

But it's so convenient having it in the app with a click of a button

Not more convenient on wallets. Wallets hate that shit.