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[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wait… people PAY for YouTube?

[–] Chipthemonk@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I can’t stand watching ads. Ads waste my time. My time is valuable. I’ll pay for no ads.

[–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't see any ads on YouTube and I didn't have to pay them.

[–] Chipthemonk@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does this work across platforms? iPad? iPhone? AppleTV?

[–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm on Linux, Windows, and Android. On all 3 I have Firefox with ublock origin addon.

My TV is a small computer plugged into my TV. I use a wireless keyboard that has a laptop mouse touch pad on it. It's a perfect setup.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

So you pay to support a platform that treats the creators of the content you watch like garbage…

I find that…. Weird. But you do you. No judgement intended.

[–] dingus@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Adblockers, ReVanced, SmartTube, etc. No ads and no fee.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PhreakyByNature@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I have it but revanced is a much better experience overall. I also pay for Premium so I get downloads but if youtube included swipe controls for brightness and volume I wouldn't need revanced. Though the skip segment stuff is good.

[–] Vatteck@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t know if I could ever hate myself enough to do that.

It's easy, you just have to ingest the entire boot like the above person.

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes. YT Premium costs me only 1.20€ more than Spotify so I use YT Music and also have no ads and can listen to videos with my screen off on my phone.

But if they'll increase price here too then I'll just stick with NewPipe which I also have installed and no music app.

Btw... I pay 7.19€ for YT Premium. Spotify is 5.99€.

[–] MrFlamey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think listening to audio only (no video wasting bandwidth) with the screen off and Youtube Music seem like actually valuable things to have if you do a lot of driving. I don't listen to Spotify at home, but when I was driving a lot I sure did.