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$168 billion for video streaming website showing mostly ads interrrupted with even more ads? The internet is broken.

askafriend 6y ago
I watch more YouTube than I watch TV or Movies period. I pay for YouTube Premium - $10 a month for no ads. Works perfectly for me.
- mrits 6y ago
  Same, at this point if I had to make choices I'd only pay for Netflix/Youtube
- OJFord 6y ago
  Is it completely free of adverts, on everything? Whenever it advertises premium to me it focuses on music, which is particularly stupid given it must know I never watch music videos, so I just assumed (and actually thought I had read/heard) it was just for music.
  - throwaway3699 6y ago
    Yup, well worth it for me. No guilty feelings about hurting creators with Adblock.
  - wayanon 6y ago
    Yes it makes YouTube free of all ads. Another nice feature is background audio continues to play when youre out of the app. Best £12 month I spend. It’s £15 if you pay via the app so it’s better to subscribe when logged in to YouTube.com
    - dghughes 6y ago
      > Another nice feature is background audio continues to play when youre out of the app It used to do that free.
      - bostonvaulter2 6y ago
        But that wasn't a sustainable business model so it doesn't make sense to expect that.
        dghughes 6y ago
        But amazingly YouTube's entire existence is based on (mostly) free to them user generated content. Imagine running a company where almost the entire product line is given to the company free.
      - 205guy 6y ago
        It still does in non-mobile browser tabs—and my iPad Safari can be set to non-mobile user agent (or whatever, it’s in the settings). So I can listen to YouTube and browse the internet, including HN, on iPad and desktop. I use most services through their web interface, because I’d rather not use their apps. Though many services such as Instagram stopped making that possible so those I have no choice.
  - jtdressel 6y ago
    It's free of ads from youtube. You'll still see in-video ads embedded by video creators. (It's not like some podcast feeds, where you get a second rss link that has episodes without ads)
ryan93 6y ago
90+ percent of your time on youtube is "not" spent watching ads. would you rather these sites all be behind paywalls because you can't handle waiting 15 sec for free content?
- durnygbur 6y ago
  > would you rather these sites all be behind paywalls because you can't handle waiting 15 sec for free content? Yes please. Stop baiting me with some content only to show me the vomit of corporate marketing.

I watch more YouTube than I watch TV or Movies period. I pay for YouTube Premium - $10 a month for no ads. Works perfectly for me.

mrits 6y ago
Same, at this point if I had to make choices I'd only pay for Netflix/Youtube
OJFord 6y ago
Is it completely free of adverts, on everything? Whenever it advertises premium to me it focuses on music, which is particularly stupid given it must know I never watch music videos, so I just assumed (and actually thought I had read/heard) it was just for music.
- throwaway3699 6y ago
  Yup, well worth it for me. No guilty feelings about hurting creators with Adblock.
- wayanon 6y ago
  Yes it makes YouTube free of all ads. Another nice feature is background audio continues to play when youre out of the app. Best £12 month I spend. It’s £15 if you pay via the app so it’s better to subscribe when logged in to YouTube.com
  - dghughes 6y ago
    > Another nice feature is background audio continues to play when youre out of the app It used to do that free.
    - bostonvaulter2 6y ago
      But that wasn't a sustainable business model so it doesn't make sense to expect that.
      - dghughes 6y ago
        But amazingly YouTube's entire existence is based on (mostly) free to them user generated content. Imagine running a company where almost the entire product line is given to the company free.
    - 205guy 6y ago
      It still does in non-mobile browser tabs—and my iPad Safari can be set to non-mobile user agent (or whatever, it’s in the settings). So I can listen to YouTube and browse the internet, including HN, on iPad and desktop. I use most services through their web interface, because I’d rather not use their apps. Though many services such as Instagram stopped making that possible so those I have no choice.
- jtdressel 6y ago
  It's free of ads from youtube. You'll still see in-video ads embedded by video creators. (It's not like some podcast feeds, where you get a second rss link that has episodes without ads)

ryan93 6y ago

90+ percent of your time on youtube is "not" spent watching ads. would you rather these sites all be behind paywalls because you can't handle waiting 15 sec for free content?

durnygbur 6y ago
> would you rather these sites all be behind paywalls because you can't handle waiting 15 sec for free content? Yes please. Stop baiting me with some content only to show me the vomit of corporate marketing.