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There is the option to use YouTube Premium though. It's not too expensive (yet), and with the number of cooking and tech videos I'm consuming right now, it seem

by maurys 6y ago

There is the option to use YouTube Premium though. It's not too expensive (yet), and with the number of cooking and tech videos I'm consuming right now, it seems worth it.

dleslie 6y ago
YouTube Premium doesn't offer any protection for anonymity and freedom from their suggestion algorithm. That makes it inferior to NewPipe and ytdl.
- falcolas 6y ago
  It does, however, reward content creators for their efforts (at about 100x the value of an ad view). That makes it far superior to NewPipe and ytdl, to me.
  - catalogia 6y ago
    I'd sooner buy channel merch and let a tshirt company take a middleman cut than let google take that middleman cut. Patreon being the middleman is also preferable to further enriching google.
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  - blhack 6y ago
    That is really great to know and will likely result in me re activating my YouTube red (premium? Whatever it’s called now) account.
- mardifoufs 6y ago
  I think this is really moving the goalposts. It seems like a lot of people who are vehemently anti advertising and ask for alternatives aren't really interested in them. Being anti advertising is totally understandable, but it's weird to see people who don't truly want to pay for ad free content talk about how invasive ads are.
  - dleslie 6y ago
    Elsewhere I stated that I pay for free services (CBC); I'm happy to pay for no advertising. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22857357 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22857357
    - mardifoufs 6y ago
      Why not use Youtube Red with ublock then? Google still tracks what you watch on your account, but I'm assuming if you are a frequent user you already have one to keep track of subscriptions etc.
      - dleslie 6y ago
        NewPipe has subscriptions without having a need for an account.