YouTube ‘Premium Lite’ is for those that already have a music subscription

[wisewoodchuck@lemmy.world]

I've always wondered why Google doesn't include a YouTube subscription with YouTube TV. They charge enough for it already...

[timroerstroem@feddit.dk]

I think that's called grayjay.

[muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee]

Is that like PipePipe for idiots?

[cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca]

So a way to remove ads at the cost of $ and better tracking. Instead, I'll stick with piped, greyjay, ublock, etc and make it harder to track me and save the $.

Fuck Google.

[yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Didn't they already have this before but removed it? At least in my country a "lite"-variant was available but they removed it like last year.

[gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Because why make less money when you can make more money

[volumetricshitcompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Nah, you better wait. I've heard that Youtube 2
is almost out.

[laggykar@programming.dev]

Still doesn't allow background playback though, so it's useless to me

[ulrich@feddit.org]

Because you haven't approached the situation with the mindset of a careless greedy fuck.

[frog_brawler@lemmy.world]

Who still uses Google products?!?

[huquad@lemmy.ml]

Now with ads!

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

I have no problem paying, just let me use my app of choice, without ads, and don't track me. If YouTube did that, I'd be a paying customer instead of a leech. I pay for Nebula and watch on Grayjay, so I do put my money where my mouth is.

[slaxis@discuss.tchncs.de]

And that’s why I sideload a modified YouTube that includes ad blockers, sponsor segment skipping and background playback, among other things.

[bali@lemmy.world]

I feel the battle will get harder for extractor like NewPipe. I really hope NewPipe will always work despite Google constantly changing their YouTube code.

[overload@sopuli.xyz]

I won't pay for YouTube almost solely because Revanced is such a better experience than YT could be. They cannot bundle in Sponsor block without an outrage.

[astralpath@lemmy.ca]

Try Grayjay. It supports background playback.

[thegalacticvoid@lemm.ee]

I don't disagree, but Premium does let you skip over frequently skipped sections.

[vinyl@lemmy.world]

9to5GaggingOnGooglesBalls

[sturgist@lemmy.ca]

Why would the actively make search worse to try and drive engagement time?

[overload@sopuli.xyz]

Oh I didn't know that. That admittedly changes things somewhat. Google still makes enough money from me though.