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I saw this post and wanted to ask the opposite. What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? Preferably more extreme or unexpected examples.

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)
[–] AmalgamatedIllusions@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

Depending on what you use on your TV, SmartTube may be an option. It even blocks sponsored segments within YouTube videos.

[–] tacocat@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

SmartTube works pretty well

[–] mizzyc@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Oh, sorry! I'm totally not used to use YT on TV

[–] porkchop@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I assume the response to this would be a pi-hole, but I just don’t personally have the patience, energy, or spare running machine to set that up Β―_(ツ)_/Β―

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Pihole doesn't block YouTube ads.

[–] porkchop@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Huh, didn’t know that πŸ’ͺ