Technology

Well, I'm still happy that my grandfathered $7.99 plan from the GPM days still holds up, fully ad-free.

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.

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."

Ironic that just yesterday I was getting blocked on youtube telling me that adblocking was illegal/against tos/whatever and that if i didnt want Ads I could subscribe to Youtube Premium.. only now to announce ads on premium.

What a fucking shithole company.

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and they continue to take no accountability for failing to police their own ads, thus creating the essential need for adblocking services in the first place.

WE WOULDNT BE BLOCKING ADS IF YOU REGULATED ADVERTISERS LIKE YOU ARE TRYING TO REGULATE VIEWERS.

YouTube has so many ads now it's ridiculous. Yesterday YouTube threatened me with the popup even though I have UBlock on Firefox. I've seen 10 ads on a 20 minute video. As if the un-skipabble 2 minute long ads that pause when you switch tabs wasn't bad enough, YouTube is now putting ads in their Premium.

YouTube is in dire need of a big competitor and fast.

I'm self-hosting Invidious... I get a nice, free YouTube experience without ever visiting YouTube.

wtf is premium lite?!!? Lmao

When options like uBlock and FreeTube no longer block ads, I'll stop watching YouTube. They'll never get a cent out of me.

If it weren't Google, I wouldn't be against paying. Fuck Google.

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

I would actually pay for YT premium if it was reasonably priced and I think there are many like me. Why are they shooting themselves in the foot?

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

It will literally never end.

This is why anyone who was excusing advertising at all is part of the problem and should be seen as a useful idiot.

Stop lowering your standards so people richer than you can be even richer.

paying for youtube

YouTube already had too many ads, and I stopped using as a result. That was several months ago. I guess I'll just have to stop using it even harder.

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

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.

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

They will always want you to watch more ads. Doesn't matter that you literally pay them not to. Manipulating your purchase habits is more profitable than your subscription is because your tolerance for ads sets the amount they can sell.

Youtube has ads?

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.

WTF is Premium Lite?

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.