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[–] VeloRama@feddit.org 23 points 6 days ago

Why would I pay for premium if it doesn't remove the ads? It's like they don't do market research and just make shit up.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

The ads will continue until morale improves.

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Firefox and UBlock origine.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 365 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Christ, premium light is still fucking 8 dollars a month and you don't even get rid of ads. The greed is fucking astounding.

I'll stick to an adblocker, dickheads.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 83 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Newpipe is all I have. I signed up for a couple creators patreon to support those I really like. Fuck Google. They are here for the investors bottom line not our shit. But people just want their shit and it perpetuates this behavior. My friend said he pays to support the creators he likes. He supports the giant corporation holding these creators ransom. Just send them money directly. Use new pipe or whatever. Quit supporting this shit and let the whole thing die until we realize there has to be a better way.

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[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 58 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Firefox+uBlock Origin on the computer.

ReVanced on my Android phone.

SmartTubeNext on my Android TV.

I haven't seen a YouTube ad in years.

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 97 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Genuinely though, the point of YouTube premium is to get rid of the ads...

We seem to be making cable TV again where you pay a premium for the privilege of being advertised to

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 80 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] credo@lemmy.world 81 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Premium but without the music. And with ads apparently.

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[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 61 points 1 week ago

I guess it’s their “pay for ads” tier which sounds fucking stupid to me.

[–] don@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago

Premium Sike.

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[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.zip 63 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Or, and hear me out: just install a browser plugin and forget ads exist.

I hesitate to name extensions names, but I’ve literally never seen an ad on YouTube.

These companies don’t respect us, so I don’t feel the need to respect them by allowing them to force their meaningless bullshit down my throat.

I don’t use it that much, but you better believe if I go to YouTube to watch a video, that video is the only thing I’m watching.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 82 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

This ain't reddit. You can freely name extension names here.

uBlock Origin

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Firefox + ublock origin + sponsorblock and I haven't seen an ad on youtube in all the years since I started that combo.

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[–] HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Cable TV providers in the 70s: "No commercials when you pay for our services!"

Cable TV providers in the early 80s: "Ok, we actually meant no commercials on premium channels, but local channels will, and it's not our fault."

Cable TV providers in the late 80s: "Fine. What we meant was no commercials on movie channels."

Cable TV providers in the 90s: "Uhm, so only on-demand shows will be commercial free."

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[–] skip0110@lemmy.zip 52 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Adblock/revanced are working. Google’s ad revenue is getting squeezed and so they need to shoehorn more ads everywhere to get the same revenue levels, since so many people never see the ads.

Keep using them. You’re making business really difficult for scummy Google.

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[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (20 children)

Edit: Guys. I think a lot of you missed where I said EASIEST METHODS.

Easiest methods to ditch Youtube ads:

  • PC: Firefox + uBlock Origin
  • Mac, option 1: Safari + AdGuard
  • Mac, option 2: Firefox + uBlock Origin
  • Android, option 1: Youtube ReVanced (FYI: ALL Play Store listings for this are fake; the official site is revanced.app and is the only place to get it)
  • Android, option 2: Firefox Mobile + uBlock Origin
  • iPhone/iPad: Safari + AdGuard

For those who may have heard about Pi-hole and are wondering why it's not on this list: PI-HOLE DOES NOT BLOCK YOUTUBE ADS. IT NEVER HAS AND NEVER WILL.

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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 49 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Lul I have uBlock origin and no ads for free

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I'm never going to pay to see ads in my life. Nope.

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 48 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Damn, you pay and still get ads? Does that count as findom? Like it feels very cucky, doesn't it?

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And with that I can confirm I will continue to use adblock.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

wtf is premium lite?!!? Lmao

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it’s the opposite of Economy Plus

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

🤷(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases)

Imagine paying for "Premium Lite"

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 42 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Youtube is telling me daily that they'll soon disable my youtube because I have an ad blocker. Still waiting for it to actually happen.

[–] sykaster 37 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I've been using Ublock origin for years and I've never seen a message like that

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[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think I'm understanding the playbook here.

Eventually YouTube will cost 89.99 a month and also be full of ads.

Then they will be disrupted by some startup company that will have to fight uphill for search and bandwidth access through Google's monopolistic front door.

Years later a court case will be decided and the new guy will be up and running a free service with a few ads or 1.99 a month for no ads!

And then we get to go through it all again.

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[–] tonytins@pawb.social 39 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This is literately the equivalent of cable.

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[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

freetube still works great! no ads, and an easy to use interface.

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They are really dedicated to helping foster the pirate side of the Web, aren't they?

[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why bother to pay if you're just going to get ads anyway

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[–] jmf@lemm.ee 33 points 1 week ago (4 children)

All the people saying "I'll just stop using it, no big loss," are you only using YouTube for fun? Have you never needed to pass a class, prep for a job, work on a house, learn a skill using it?

It is such a large repository of human knowledge that is so far not widely replicated anywhere else. I rely on it for learning skills to provide for my family, as far as learning other useful abilities.

For example, YouTube taught me how to service my own vehicles. I have a specific set of old 90s Volvo cars, and there is a youtuber (Robert DIY) who does an excellent job documenting how to do maintenance on them. I have done my best to archive everything he posts, but he is just an example, as there are countless other informative tutorials and how-tos posted on YouTube.

As of now, Google has their grips on an enormous amount of practically useful data, and they know it. It's beyond fucked, and to act like it is inconsequential or ignorable is very short sighted.

[–] VeloRama@feddit.org 7 points 6 days ago

To keep using walled gardens like Youtube, Reddit or Discord in an effort to share and preserve knowledge is just a losing proposition. The sooner we stop using them, the less of a headache it will be when the companies behind these gardens decide it's finally time to cash out and start to charge for access.

The knowledge you grow in a walled garden doesn't belong to you.

[–] ntd_quiet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

It reminds me of Reddit (human solutions/ideas for random problems and interests), except the costs of storing and serving video are probably really high with a large userbase. (I wonder exactly how high, though. I'm sure it's hard to put a single unit price per GB/hour or whatnot, but still . . .) It's unfortunate that so many people have put so much work into sharing their knowledge but have basically experienced vendor lock-in.

Just recently I found old reddit and forum threads and a few YouTube videos that helped me and a buddy fix her car. The solution(s) was provided by just enthusiasts and random people helping others in their spare time by documenting stuff. Although there's also a lot of unhelpful threads and videos out there too, lol.

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[–] moopet@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 week ago

"Premium lite"? What is this doublespeak?

[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Had a "youtube doesnt allow adblock" pop up yesterday, set up freetube. No login required, even has a subscription import tool. So far so great.

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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (20 children)

Premium Lite? What paid benefits are there to YouTube other than removing ads?

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 27 points 1 week ago

It feels insane to me that you're paying and you still get ads. I fucking refuse to do that

[–] Maverick604@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I tried watching a 30 minute video on YouTube the other day and it injected ads every 1 minute for the entire video. Fuck Google. Fuck YouTube. Fuck Alphabet.

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[–] maxysoft@lemmy.maxynetwork.it 24 points 1 week ago

Wait, so I was right?

I will pay only when Google ensure that my data will not be used for any type of advertising or AI training (this obviously includes selling to third parties). Months ago I read around, I don’t know if it’s true, that even those with a premium account will see ads. If that proves true, it means I will never make the subscription. It’s pretty simple.

https://lemmy.maxynetwork.it/comment/218540

[–] antithetical@lemmy.deedium.nl 22 points 1 week ago

It's a sad state of affairs. I would pay for youtube in a heartbeat if it wasn't connected to the biggest spyware company in the world. But now, even while paying you still get ads and they still track you. The people working at Alphabet are bad and should feel bad.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

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