YouTube launches a $7.99 per month, ad-free Premium Lite subscription
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Is "verticals" marketing speak for "categories" or "genres" or does it mean something else?
It varies by org but yes verticals are usually product silos that serve certain types of customers or needs.
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Too little too late, I wish there was a non-US alternative to YouTube.
Well we have Peertube
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"ad-free" sure, I heard that before.
Yeah we're like a decade into Hulu having an "ad free" plan that includes ads. I lump them in with companies like Verizon offering "unlimited" internet with data caps.
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It varies by org but yes verticals are usually product silos that serve certain types of customers or needs.
I appreciate the information and that you took the time to answer, but I hate that combination of words.
Still ... Thank you for the response.
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Well we have Peertube
PeerTube isn't one of these "YouTube, but without ads" apps? I might check it out, but I still think YouTube has the total monopoly on video form content right now.
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I actually don't mind paying for stuff I use or get value from.
I do have smartyoutubetv Installed on both an Nvidia Shield and a Google TV, I originally did it when my kid was on a child account but couldn't sign into the Google yt app. I kinda wish Futo would make a TV version of Grayjay I'd probably use it.
I use premium for both YouTube and yt music and it's our primary music streaming service too. I even have 11 CCA (Chromcast audios) powering rooms all over the house where we listen to ytm from.
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uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock are still free.
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uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock are still free.
Freetube (desktop) and newpipe (android) is great for those who would like a subscription feed without an account, local Playlist, download videos, and save view history while remaining account free.
I use pipepipe on mobile with it being a fork of newpipe with sponsor block, and lets you use a throw away YouTube account it uses only to access age restricted videos.
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I appreciate the information and that you took the time to answer, but I hate that combination of words.
Still ... Thank you for the response.
Vertical market, where they do all of one thing soup to nuts, as opposed to a horizontal market, where they do a little bit of one thing but sell it in a wide variety of scenarios.
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I don't get the people shitting on this. It's a very fair plan. Something I've been wishing existed for the past month, even. Like the article states, it's for people who use YT to watch TV (me).
I just hope there's a yearly plan to get a little bit more of a discount. Student plan is the same price but no yearly plan, so it comes to ~$90 per year.
I can only speak for myself, but I refuse to give Google a dime because they're unfriendly to consumers.
I pay way more in Patreon subscriptions than I would pay for YouTube. I don't see ads, and the creators make more money from me. And, importantly, Google sees none of it.
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Unfortunately Chrome just rendered uBlock Origin useless, and borderline demands you remove it from your browser. I can confirm that mine stopped working yesterday
uBlock works fine in Firefox and its forks.
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PeerTube isn't one of these "YouTube, but without ads" apps? I might check it out, but I still think YouTube has the total monopoly on video form content right now.
Peertube is like, "what if people could self-host their own YouTube videos"
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I appreciate the information and that you took the time to answer, but I hate that combination of words.
Still ... Thank you for the response.
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The only problem I have with the premium subscription is the lack of ad control from the content creator. They should have to put them into some kind of wrapper that I, as a premium member can decide to enable or not. As a paying subscriber I should be able to watch it 100% ad free without going through sponsorblock, which is a big pita to do on set-top boxes.
Check out Nebula. Lots of YouTubers host there. Subscriptions go straight to the creators, and they cut the sponsor blocks out of the versions they post there.
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I heard people still get ads even on full price
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Unfortunately Chrome just rendered uBlock Origin useless, and borderline demands you remove it from your browser. I can confirm that mine stopped working yesterday
Don't worry, there are plenty of alternatives to Chrome with built-in ad-blocking.
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I heard people still get ads even on full price
Have it . Never seen an ad besides what the creator makes in his video.
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Eight dollars a month for fucking "premium-lite" is insane.
Considering i get premium Peacock for like $6 a month after discounts I agree. I get the live channel plus a ton of other stuff and other pre-made channels to watch. Some sports as well plus the Olympics when they are relevant. Asking $8 just to remove some ads sounds awful. I will stick to using Firefox on mobile and pc with ublock origin which removes all ads.
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Have it . Never seen an ad besides what the creator makes in his video.
What about homepage?
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I heard people still get ads even on full price
Nope. Unless you're talking about sponsors that content creators hock.
The app allows you to skip to commonly skipped-to-areas, which often makes skipping that kind of content very quick and simple. I'm not sure if that's a a feature of the free version though
