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I use YouTube Red, no ads, ever. And you get access to the entire Google music library. Can't beat it for $7.99/month.

by assblaster 8y ago

biglenny 8y ago
I use uBlock Origin. No ads, ever. And you get access to all the music uploaded to YouTube. $0.00/month
- userbinator 8y ago
  For many years I've used a few shell scripts to turn YouTube into a "radio" of sorts, basically going through search results for a specific term (usually a music genre) and playing each one. It works pretty well, and the only ad-like experience is when it decides to play something not-really-related-nor-actually-music that just showed up in the results, but IMHO the "what was that?" aspect is part of the fun. I'm clearly not the only one who came up with such an idea: https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
gtirloni 8y ago
It makes me sad your comment is being downvoted. If people aren't happy with ads, they aren't happy paying for anything, then what's the alternative? I don't see any. Those people need to get paid for their work somehow.
- msla 8y ago
  It's getting downvoted because paid options grow ads, like most cable channels did. (Not all of them. I think TCM is still ad-free.) Plus, a comment sibling to this one said YouTube Red has ads, so there's that.
  - gtirloni 8y ago
    What does grow ads mean? FUD? YouTube Premium is ad-free, it says so in their frontpage. Are you saying that's a blatant lie? That doesn't address my point that content producers should get paid. From YouTube Premium ad: "Ad-free YouTube, and our new music streaming service, YouTube Music. Services: No ads, Downloads, Background play."
- zuppy 8y ago
  ...or he got downvoted because it’s a solution that doesn’t work for all (I haven’t downvoted). I tried to subscribe to premium, but there’s no such option for me. It’s not available in my country.
matz1 8y ago
I have red, still plenty of ads.
- totoglazer 8y ago
  What? I’ve had YouTube premium for well over a year and literally never seen an ad that wasn’t part of the actual video I was watching, added by the creator.
  - matz1 8y ago
    Ad thats part of the actual video is an ad too.
    - teddyfrozevelt 8y ago
      That obviously doesn’t count, as there really isn’t anything YouTube can do about that.
      - anticensor 8y ago
        Google could respond by forcing them into an AdWords-like program and making embedded ads unskippable.
      - matz1 8y ago
        That absolutely count. Youtube can ban this kind of video.
    - spudlyo 8y ago
      ... which you can pretty easily fast forward through.
spudlyo 8y ago
It's YouTube Premium now, and it's $11.99/month. Also, without resorting to APK hacks I don't think it's possible to use on my Amazon Fire Stick. Otherwise I'd love to pay for YouTube to watch YouTube without advertisements.
- PKop 8y ago
  On Fire TV you can use the web version of Youtube in the browser (Silk or Firefox) and it works pretty well as it's formatted for the larger screen. I'm not sure if this doesn't apply to Fire Stick.
  - spudlyo 8y ago
    Ah, for some reason I just assumed that YouTube Premium didn't work with Firefox, which is what I use now, and you had to have the native Android App. I think the problem I had the last time I tried this had to do with the fact that I had a YouTube creator account, and Red wouldn't work with it. Anyway, now I'm putting my money where my mouth is and am happily watching ad free YouTube content (which I love dearly) on my TV. Totally worth it.
    - PKop 8y ago
      Don't forget about Google Music as well. Overall a pretty solid subscription package.

I use YouTube Red, no ads, ever. And you get access to the entire Google music library. Can't beat it for $7.99/month.

biglenny 8y ago

I use uBlock Origin. No ads, ever. And you get access to all the music uploaded to YouTube. $0.00/month

userbinator 8y ago
For many years I've used a few shell scripts to turn YouTube into a "radio" of sorts, basically going through search results for a specific term (usually a music genre) and playing each one. It works pretty well, and the only ad-like experience is when it decides to play something not-really-related-nor-actually-music that just showed up in the results, but IMHO the "what was that?" aspect is part of the fun. I'm clearly not the only one who came up with such an idea: https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube

gtirloni 8y ago

It makes me sad your comment is being downvoted. If people aren't happy with ads, they aren't happy paying for anything, then what's the alternative? I don't see any. Those people need to get paid for their work somehow.

msla 8y ago
It's getting downvoted because paid options grow ads, like most cable channels did. (Not all of them. I think TCM is still ad-free.) Plus, a comment sibling to this one said YouTube Red has ads, so there's that.
- gtirloni 8y ago
  What does grow ads mean? FUD? YouTube Premium is ad-free, it says so in their frontpage. Are you saying that's a blatant lie? That doesn't address my point that content producers should get paid. From YouTube Premium ad: "Ad-free YouTube, and our new music streaming service, YouTube Music. Services: No ads, Downloads, Background play."
zuppy 8y ago
...or he got downvoted because it’s a solution that doesn’t work for all (I haven’t downvoted). I tried to subscribe to premium, but there’s no such option for me. It’s not available in my country.

matz1 8y ago

I have red, still plenty of ads.

totoglazer 8y ago
What? I’ve had YouTube premium for well over a year and literally never seen an ad that wasn’t part of the actual video I was watching, added by the creator.
- matz1 8y ago
  Ad thats part of the actual video is an ad too.
  - teddyfrozevelt 8y ago
    That obviously doesn’t count, as there really isn’t anything YouTube can do about that.
    - anticensor 8y ago
      Google could respond by forcing them into an AdWords-like program and making embedded ads unskippable.
    - matz1 8y ago
      That absolutely count. Youtube can ban this kind of video.
  - spudlyo 8y ago
    ... which you can pretty easily fast forward through.

spudlyo 8y ago

It's YouTube Premium now, and it's $11.99/month. Also, without resorting to APK hacks I don't think it's possible to use on my Amazon Fire Stick. Otherwise I'd love to pay for YouTube to watch YouTube without advertisements.

PKop 8y ago
On Fire TV you can use the web version of Youtube in the browser (Silk or Firefox) and it works pretty well as it's formatted for the larger screen. I'm not sure if this doesn't apply to Fire Stick.
- spudlyo 8y ago
  Ah, for some reason I just assumed that YouTube Premium didn't work with Firefox, which is what I use now, and you had to have the native Android App. I think the problem I had the last time I tried this had to do with the fact that I had a YouTube creator account, and Red wouldn't work with it. Anyway, now I'm putting my money where my mouth is and am happily watching ad free YouTube content (which I love dearly) on my TV. Totally worth it.
  - PKop 8y ago
    Don't forget about Google Music as well. Overall a pretty solid subscription package.