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You can pay the $10~ per month for premium and get rid of the ads. Many people here on hn complain about the ads but are unwilling to pay to support non ad vers

You can pay the $10~ per month for premium and get rid of the ads. Many people here on hn complain about the ads but are unwilling to pay to support non ad version at the same time.

mattmanser 7y ago
They're starting to creep into premium now too. I have Google play music which includes YouTube premium, just checked YouTube on my phone and it immediately showed an advert, even though I'm signed in.
- Tijdreiziger 7y ago
  Are you sure your subscription includes YT Premium? This isn't a given.
close04 7y ago
I'm a Premium user but between permanently enabled uBlock, Pi-Hole, and (almost) always-on VPN to use all that I never payed attention to the ads aspect. The most obvious benefits for me were that I can download the music and listen offline, including with the screen off which means I can connect now my Sonos system to Youtube.
wmeredith 7y ago
I pay for the premium version and there are still some ads.
- tonyedgecombe 7y ago
  I was going to sign up for premium, I don't think I'll bother if it does work.
  - Tijdreiziger 7y ago
    Well, serving high-definition video isn't free. If you watch a lot of YouTube, have an adblocker, and don't pay for Premium, that would make you a freeloader.
    - rkeene2 7y ago
      > Well, serving high-definition video isn't free. If you watch a lot of YouTube, have an adblocker, and don't pay for Premium, that would make you a freeloader. The serving part is likely almost free since YouTube doesn't pay much for bandwidth. [0] [0] https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/10/19/youtubes-bandwidth-cheap-but-not-free https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/10/19/yout...
ntsplnkv2 7y ago
I just use a Pi-hole server now. I don't have a problem paying for subs, I use Apple Music and used Spotify, I like Netflix or Prime. But Google/Youtube is unethical with their ads. Yesterday I saw an ad showing "the police kidnapping people in california" from a Russian account. No way to report it anymore, now way to prove it was true, a blatant example of trying to influence people negatively. I'll support the content creators I like directly now via other methods. If youtube can't at least remove blatantly false "ads" then they don't deserve my support.
- kubuqi 7y ago
  Isn't Pi-hole unethical?
  - crankylinuxuser 7y ago
    Is antivirus unethical Advertisements have all the downsides, are used in tremendously unethical ways including abhorrent views and as a malware propagation network. It is my duty to put heavy adblockers on as a layer of protection. And it's none of their concern what I download to my computer. If they want to do more serverside logic to make sure I download their crap,it's going right in to /dev/null
- rhino369 7y ago
  Does pi-hole work for youtube, hulu, etc.?
  - joshvm 7y ago
    It doesn't work for YouTube, at least on the mobile app. It's a bit hit or miss, for example it doesn't get rid of ads in Duolinguo, but it does stop the 30 second ones. On desktop you're better off using a plugin (I run both, but then you get leftover whitespace).

You can pay the $10~ per month for premium and get rid of the ads. Many people here on hn complain about the ads but are unwilling to pay to support non ad version at the same time.

mattmanser 7y ago

They're starting to creep into premium now too. I have Google play music which includes YouTube premium, just checked YouTube on my phone and it immediately showed an advert, even though I'm signed in.

Tijdreiziger 7y ago
Are you sure your subscription includes YT Premium? This isn't a given.

close04 7y ago

I'm a Premium user but between permanently enabled uBlock, Pi-Hole, and (almost) always-on VPN to use all that I never payed attention to the ads aspect. The most obvious benefits for me were that I can download the music and listen offline, including with the screen off which means I can connect now my Sonos system to Youtube.

wmeredith 7y ago

I pay for the premium version and there are still some ads.

tonyedgecombe 7y ago
I was going to sign up for premium, I don't think I'll bother if it does work.
- Tijdreiziger 7y ago
  Well, serving high-definition video isn't free. If you watch a lot of YouTube, have an adblocker, and don't pay for Premium, that would make you a freeloader.
  - rkeene2 7y ago
    > Well, serving high-definition video isn't free. If you watch a lot of YouTube, have an adblocker, and don't pay for Premium, that would make you a freeloader. The serving part is likely almost free since YouTube doesn't pay much for bandwidth. [0] [0] https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/10/19/youtubes-bandwidth-cheap-but-not-free https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/10/19/yout...

ntsplnkv2 7y ago

I just use a Pi-hole server now. I don't have a problem paying for subs, I use Apple Music and used Spotify, I like Netflix or Prime. But Google/Youtube is unethical with their ads. Yesterday I saw an ad showing "the police kidnapping people in california" from a Russian account. No way to report it anymore, now way to prove it was true, a blatant example of trying to influence people negatively. I'll support the content creators I like directly now via other methods. If youtube can't at least remove blatantly false "ads" then they don't deserve my support.

kubuqi 7y ago
Isn't Pi-hole unethical?
- crankylinuxuser 7y ago
  Is antivirus unethical Advertisements have all the downsides, are used in tremendously unethical ways including abhorrent views and as a malware propagation network. It is my duty to put heavy adblockers on as a layer of protection. And it's none of their concern what I download to my computer. If they want to do more serverside logic to make sure I download their crap,it's going right in to /dev/null
rhino369 7y ago
Does pi-hole work for youtube, hulu, etc.?
- joshvm 7y ago
  It doesn't work for YouTube, at least on the mobile app. It's a bit hit or miss, for example it doesn't get rid of ads in Duolinguo, but it does stop the 30 second ones. On desktop you're better off using a plugin (I run both, but then you get leftover whitespace).