YouTube launches a $7.99 per month, ad-free Premium Lite subscription
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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
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I heard people still get ads even on full price
