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For $12 a month (40 cents a day) you can use YouTube ad free. Personally, I don't notice the missing $12 but I do notice the missing ads, so it's worth it to me

For $12 a month (40 cents a day) you can use YouTube ad free. Personally, I don't notice the missing $12 but I do notice the missing ads, so it's worth it to me. If you don't want ads, this seems like a more than fair offer from YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/premium https://www.youtube.com/premium

vuln 6y ago
I used Firefox with ublock origin[0] and never see an ad. [0]https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
- jasonv 6y ago
  I pay for YouTube Premium largely because the family watches YouTube on Roku, AppleTV, etc. For that, it’s worth it. I wish YouTube music wouldn’t share subscriptions with YouTube proper, but I just pay for Spotify and ignore YouTube Music.
- spacephysics 6y ago
  I use the same on desktop, but for an ad free mobile experience, and background audio play on an unjailbroken iPhone, coughing up the cash seems most appropriate.
- anon73044 6y ago
  The uBlock plugin also works on the Firefox Android app!
  - MaxikCZ 6y ago
    or, for adfree youtube experience on android, I am using "youtube vanced" [0](like advanced, but without the ad), and heard lots of people vouching for opensource "newpipe"[1] Edit: Be warned: just found out that theres a "Block All Ads For Youtube Vanced ads" in playstore thats a fake scam (it even contains ads on its own). Real Vanced isn't on playstore [0]: https://vanced.app/ https://vanced.app/ non root: https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk/ https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk/ root: https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk-root/ https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk-root/ [1]: https://newpipe.schabi.org/ https://newpipe.schabi.org/
- bitwize 6y ago
  Thief!!!! "Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn't get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial or watch the button you're actually stealing programming." --Jamie Kellner, former Warner executive
  - TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
    I'm okay with this. They've deplatformed or suppressed most of my favorite YouTubers anyway, and they are trying to push a culture that I don't agree with.
    - mikecoles 6y ago
      Then stop using YouTube. If I don't agree with the grocery store's business choices, I can steal from them?
      - TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
        They're a monopoly and the leader of a winner-take-all market. They leverage their power to control the narrative on many topics. I think of any company to not support, YouTube is a good one to do so.
        tinus_hn 6y ago
        You wouldn’t download a car!
        RestlessMind 6y ago
        > They've deplatformed or suppressed most of my favorite YouTubers anyway > They're a monopoly and the leader of a winner-take-all market. There is some cognitive dissonance in there, particularly with "deplatforming" and "monopoly" part. If your favorite creators are all gone, why don't you just stop using that service? (I have done exactly that, tbh).
        6y ago
- Scoundreller 6y ago
  Works great on Desktop, but more complicated on iOS without a piHole.
  - wayneftw 6y ago
    I use iOS Safari with content blockers and never see YouTube ads. However, if YouTube were to start annoying me I would just stop going there. Just like when I stopped watching TV due to the frequency of ads on American television. Fortunately for me, I don't watch a lot of YouTube. More often I'm on Twitch, where I also don't see ads on my desktop at least. Unfortunately Twitch has started downgrading their mobile experience trying to force all mobile users to use the Twitch app instead. It's not big loss, I don't really watch Twitch on my phone. On my tablet, I just RDP into my Windows desktop and watch through there. I would miss Twitch if I had to leave it, but I'm so anti-advertising that if they forced ads on me I wouldn't think twice about leaving.
    - vuln 6y ago
      Which content blocker(s) do you currently use on iOS Safari?
      - wayneftw 6y ago
        BlockBear
- Balgair 6y ago
  Here's the browser add-on links for the curious: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa... https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ublock-origin/9nblggh444l4?activetab=pivot:overviewtab https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ublock-origin/9nblggh444l4... Make sure to go into the Options > Filter Lists and check the Annoyances section. That'll get you through most soft-paywalls these days (WaPo, The Atlantic, etc). Also, the Japanese Language section will trip a LOT for some reason, so you may want to skip that.
anoonmoose 6y ago
and it comes with a streaming music service that I personally believe is better than Spotify
- rosseloh 6y ago
  Yeah, I don't technically pay for "YouTube Premium" but since it comes for "free" with my Google Play Music sub....well, cool. On desktop I'd never notice (I haven't run without an adblocker for probably ten years), but on mobile it's a sanity saver.
  - jaybeeayyy 6y ago
    It's unfortunate they're phasing out of google play music and putting everyone on the Youtube Music app. I had to transfer all my music to it the other day. I still pay $9.99 for everything though and get to watch youtube ad free so I don't really mind but it's a bit of a bummer.
  - parliament32 6y ago
    On a side note, I switched from Play to Spotify in the last month because they kept trying to push me towards YT Music. The mobile app for YT Music is pretty trash, and the less Google I have in my life the better. Not to mention I was still getting ads on YT even though I had premium, I think the no-ads deal is for music videos only, not other YT videos.
    - AjithAntony 6y ago
      Have you noticed any change in audio quality between the two, GPM and Spotify? I've tried to poke at all the settings, and googled to learn more, but the Spotify recordings sound different. I'm trying to decide which i like better.
      - parliament32 6y ago
        I haven't noticed a difference, but Spotify has like 5 different levels of quality for streaming in the settings. Were you using the equalizer in Play Music?
tomjen3 6y ago
That requires me to be logged in, which is a no-go for me because they still use it to track me and come up with suggestions based on what I have viewed, which means I get an abominable amount of crap that is suggested and which I am no longer interested in (I watched 3 videos about the subject already, thank you very much) and even less privacy.
- SubuSS 6y ago
  FWIW I turned off suggestions and I don't get recommendations anymore. Doesn't solve the tracking problem though.
taylodl 6y ago
I just wish they offered a bundle with YouTube TV. I'd add this in a heartbeat to my YouTube TV service if it were $5-$6 per month extra as part of a bundle.
superasn 6y ago
Also it depends on the country too I guess. Like in India the same is available for 99 rs / month (129 rs if you wish to get yt music). Not sure how long this will last but it's been the same since launch, so it's really a no brainer not to upgrade.

vuln 6y ago

I used Firefox with ublock origin[0] and never see an ad. [0]https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

jasonv 6y ago
I pay for YouTube Premium largely because the family watches YouTube on Roku, AppleTV, etc. For that, it’s worth it. I wish YouTube music wouldn’t share subscriptions with YouTube proper, but I just pay for Spotify and ignore YouTube Music.
spacephysics 6y ago
I use the same on desktop, but for an ad free mobile experience, and background audio play on an unjailbroken iPhone, coughing up the cash seems most appropriate.
anon73044 6y ago
The uBlock plugin also works on the Firefox Android app!
- MaxikCZ 6y ago
  or, for adfree youtube experience on android, I am using "youtube vanced" [0](like advanced, but without the ad), and heard lots of people vouching for opensource "newpipe"[1] Edit: Be warned: just found out that theres a "Block All Ads For Youtube Vanced ads" in playstore thats a fake scam (it even contains ads on its own). Real Vanced isn't on playstore [0]: https://vanced.app/ https://vanced.app/ non root: https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk/ https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk/ root: https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk-root/ https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk-root/ [1]: https://newpipe.schabi.org/ https://newpipe.schabi.org/
bitwize 6y ago
Thief!!!! "Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn't get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial or watch the button you're actually stealing programming." --Jamie Kellner, former Warner executive
- TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
  I'm okay with this. They've deplatformed or suppressed most of my favorite YouTubers anyway, and they are trying to push a culture that I don't agree with.
  - mikecoles 6y ago
    Then stop using YouTube. If I don't agree with the grocery store's business choices, I can steal from them?
    - TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
      They're a monopoly and the leader of a winner-take-all market. They leverage their power to control the narrative on many topics. I think of any company to not support, YouTube is a good one to do so.
      - tinus_hn 6y ago
        You wouldn’t download a car!
      - RestlessMind 6y ago
        > They've deplatformed or suppressed most of my favorite YouTubers anyway > They're a monopoly and the leader of a winner-take-all market. There is some cognitive dissonance in there, particularly with "deplatforming" and "monopoly" part. If your favorite creators are all gone, why don't you just stop using that service? (I have done exactly that, tbh).
        6y ago
Scoundreller 6y ago
Works great on Desktop, but more complicated on iOS without a piHole.
- wayneftw 6y ago
  I use iOS Safari with content blockers and never see YouTube ads. However, if YouTube were to start annoying me I would just stop going there. Just like when I stopped watching TV due to the frequency of ads on American television. Fortunately for me, I don't watch a lot of YouTube. More often I'm on Twitch, where I also don't see ads on my desktop at least. Unfortunately Twitch has started downgrading their mobile experience trying to force all mobile users to use the Twitch app instead. It's not big loss, I don't really watch Twitch on my phone. On my tablet, I just RDP into my Windows desktop and watch through there. I would miss Twitch if I had to leave it, but I'm so anti-advertising that if they forced ads on me I wouldn't think twice about leaving.
  - vuln 6y ago
    Which content blocker(s) do you currently use on iOS Safari?
    - wayneftw 6y ago
      BlockBear
Balgair 6y ago
Here's the browser add-on links for the curious: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa... https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ublock-origin/9nblggh444l4?activetab=pivot:overviewtab https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ublock-origin/9nblggh444l4... Make sure to go into the Options > Filter Lists and check the Annoyances section. That'll get you through most soft-paywalls these days (WaPo, The Atlantic, etc). Also, the Japanese Language section will trip a LOT for some reason, so you may want to skip that.

anoonmoose 6y ago

and it comes with a streaming music service that I personally believe is better than Spotify

rosseloh 6y ago
Yeah, I don't technically pay for "YouTube Premium" but since it comes for "free" with my Google Play Music sub....well, cool. On desktop I'd never notice (I haven't run without an adblocker for probably ten years), but on mobile it's a sanity saver.
- jaybeeayyy 6y ago
  It's unfortunate they're phasing out of google play music and putting everyone on the Youtube Music app. I had to transfer all my music to it the other day. I still pay $9.99 for everything though and get to watch youtube ad free so I don't really mind but it's a bit of a bummer.
- parliament32 6y ago
  On a side note, I switched from Play to Spotify in the last month because they kept trying to push me towards YT Music. The mobile app for YT Music is pretty trash, and the less Google I have in my life the better. Not to mention I was still getting ads on YT even though I had premium, I think the no-ads deal is for music videos only, not other YT videos.
  - AjithAntony 6y ago
    Have you noticed any change in audio quality between the two, GPM and Spotify? I've tried to poke at all the settings, and googled to learn more, but the Spotify recordings sound different. I'm trying to decide which i like better.
    - parliament32 6y ago
      I haven't noticed a difference, but Spotify has like 5 different levels of quality for streaming in the settings. Were you using the equalizer in Play Music?

tomjen3 6y ago

That requires me to be logged in, which is a no-go for me because they still use it to track me and come up with suggestions based on what I have viewed, which means I get an abominable amount of crap that is suggested and which I am no longer interested in (I watched 3 videos about the subject already, thank you very much) and even less privacy.

SubuSS 6y ago
FWIW I turned off suggestions and I don't get recommendations anymore. Doesn't solve the tracking problem though.

taylodl 6y ago

I just wish they offered a bundle with YouTube TV. I'd add this in a heartbeat to my YouTube TV service if it were $5-$6 per month extra as part of a bundle.

superasn 6y ago

Also it depends on the country too I guess. Like in India the same is available for 99 rs / month (129 rs if you wish to get yt music). Not sure how long this will last but it's been the same since launch, so it's really a no brainer not to upgrade.