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It's the opposite for me. I've been paying for Youtube Premium since back when they were calling it Youtube Red, and the nag screens haven't gone away. When I'm

It's the opposite for me. I've been paying for Youtube Premium since back when they were calling it Youtube Red, and the nag screens haven't gone away. When I'm signed in, Youtube still sticks up banners that remind me that I have exclusive content I don't care about. I still get reminders about all of the "cool" features I don't want. I still have to jump through hoops to archive content that I care about. I'm paying money for exactly 2 reasons: - I want to support creators. - I want to watch #%!@X videos without distractions. Youtube Red only helps me with the first point -- I can support creators, but it's even questionable there whether I'd be having a bigger impact by directly giving money on Patreon. In the meantime, I'm still paying money for Youtube Premium right now and I've gotten to the point where I don't use it, because the experience with an adblocker and proxies is better than the experience I pay for. At some point, when someone is paying money for a service and then going out of their way to avoid signing into their account or using the thing they pay for, you have to question whether the service is designed well.

dawnerd 7y ago
Hey did you know you can get notified? Just hit that bell icon. Every single damn video if it’s not the YouTube app telling me it’s the creator, or both.
- dbuder 7y ago
  How many years of human existence have been spent watching creators beg for likes, subscribes, clicking the bell, going to patreon every damn video.
viraptor 7y ago
> and the nag screens haven't gone away I'm also there since Youtube Red and I'm not sure what you mean. I've never seen a nag screen so far. I wonder if it's some bug, or some kind of targeting failure?
- rahidz 7y ago
  Hi did you know YouTube Kids exists? Even if you don't have kids (I don't, and I'm sure Google's almighty tracking is well aware), but oh man here's another reminder! And while you're at it, I bet you really miss watching CNN and Fox! Why not check out YouTube TV! For "only" $49.99 a month! Don't forget to smash that subscribe bell so we can send you push notifications to consume even more of your attention!
- danShumway 7y ago
  From what I'm hearing, it seems to vary a lot from person to person. I would see a lot of popups on the official Youtube App for Android. Youtube was also really interested in getting me to install the Youtube Music app, even though one of the big benefits of Youtube Red in the first place was supposed to be background listening. Youtube Kids was advertised a lot, I didn't understand how I fit the target demographic for that one. I also saw a lot of advertisements for addons or benefits (here's a Youtube Red exclusive video from some random B-list celebrity that doesn't belong in your recommendations). And I got a lot of tutorials and tips, like popups for how to subscribe to channels. That always felt weird to me, because even if I didn't pay for Youtube Red, surely after a while Youtube would figure out that I knew how to subscribe to channels. Maybe it's gotten better. Like I hinted at above, I rarely sign into Youtube (I hope they're still distributing the money I give them at least somewhat fairly to creators I like). I'm now paying for Youtube, and separately using a combination of Youtube-DL, NewPipe, Invidious, and proxies/adblockers to build an experience that I consider tolerable. So maybe the notifications have gotten better and I haven't noticed because I haven't checked back recently?
- sjs382 7y ago
  As another data point, I'm also a subscriber since YouTube Red and I get those nagging "popups" in the lower left of the desktop site.
- jhart99 7y ago
  I think it is a bug. I had it happen to my account which I've gotten grandfathered from Google Music -> Red -> Premium. The app suddenly changed from saying Premium to saying Youtube in the upper left corner and I was completely blasted with ads for Premium. I contacted them through Google One and whoever they routed it to got it fixed.
gumby 7y ago
It may be that you aren't using many / any of the premium features and they are afraid you might cancel because you don't understand all the fabulous advantages you're getting by paying. Sort of like, if you purchased the winter package for your car the entertainment system were to boot up reminding you that your rear view mirrors are heated. I hope it's clear I'm not defending them; just theorizing what sort of hamfisted reasoning might have gone into deciding to spam you.

dawnerd 7y ago

Hey did you know you can get notified? Just hit that bell icon. Every single damn video if it’s not the YouTube app telling me it’s the creator, or both.

dbuder 7y ago
How many years of human existence have been spent watching creators beg for likes, subscribes, clicking the bell, going to patreon every damn video.

viraptor 7y ago

> and the nag screens haven't gone away I'm also there since Youtube Red and I'm not sure what you mean. I've never seen a nag screen so far. I wonder if it's some bug, or some kind of targeting failure?

rahidz 7y ago
Hi did you know YouTube Kids exists? Even if you don't have kids (I don't, and I'm sure Google's almighty tracking is well aware), but oh man here's another reminder! And while you're at it, I bet you really miss watching CNN and Fox! Why not check out YouTube TV! For "only" $49.99 a month! Don't forget to smash that subscribe bell so we can send you push notifications to consume even more of your attention!
danShumway 7y ago
From what I'm hearing, it seems to vary a lot from person to person. I would see a lot of popups on the official Youtube App for Android. Youtube was also really interested in getting me to install the Youtube Music app, even though one of the big benefits of Youtube Red in the first place was supposed to be background listening. Youtube Kids was advertised a lot, I didn't understand how I fit the target demographic for that one. I also saw a lot of advertisements for addons or benefits (here's a Youtube Red exclusive video from some random B-list celebrity that doesn't belong in your recommendations). And I got a lot of tutorials and tips, like popups for how to subscribe to channels. That always felt weird to me, because even if I didn't pay for Youtube Red, surely after a while Youtube would figure out that I knew how to subscribe to channels. Maybe it's gotten better. Like I hinted at above, I rarely sign into Youtube (I hope they're still distributing the money I give them at least somewhat fairly to creators I like). I'm now paying for Youtube, and separately using a combination of Youtube-DL, NewPipe, Invidious, and proxies/adblockers to build an experience that I consider tolerable. So maybe the notifications have gotten better and I haven't noticed because I haven't checked back recently?
sjs382 7y ago
As another data point, I'm also a subscriber since YouTube Red and I get those nagging "popups" in the lower left of the desktop site.
jhart99 7y ago
I think it is a bug. I had it happen to my account which I've gotten grandfathered from Google Music -> Red -> Premium. The app suddenly changed from saying Premium to saying Youtube in the upper left corner and I was completely blasted with ads for Premium. I contacted them through Google One and whoever they routed it to got it fixed.

gumby 7y ago

It may be that you aren't using many / any of the premium features and they are afraid you might cancel because you don't understand all the fabulous advantages you're getting by paying. Sort of like, if you purchased the winter package for your car the entertainment system were to boot up reminding you that your rear view mirrors are heated. I hope it's clear I'm not defending them; just theorizing what sort of hamfisted reasoning might have gone into deciding to spam you.