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I am willing to pay to get rid of ads, but that also makes it easier for Google to track me, since now I have to login a Google account. What's worse for me is,
by zzyzxd 5y ago
I am willing to pay to get rid of ads, but that also makes it easier for Google to track me, since now I have to login a Google account. What's worse for me is, because I use private/incognito browser sessions by default, it will take even more time if I have to login to the account every time I visit youtube.com than just playing the ads.
And the worst experience is when I am on my phone, where logging in my Google account in one Google app means I am logged in on all other Google apps. I am sure they put a lot of effort to make it difficult to logout. I remember last time I accidentally logged in to Google Maps app a few month ago, I had to revoke the app's auth token from web management dashboard because I couldn't figure out how to logout within the app.
- Fezzik 5y agoI had a similar issue with the NYT - every time I subscribed (and during my subscription period) I found it impossible to avoid getting on their spammy email lists if I ever logged in to read articles. The only workable solution I found is to pay my 1-year subscription fee, immediately cancel the subscription, and then use the NYT in incognito mode thereby stopping them from caching my read article count and avoiding having to login (I would always accidentally login if I maintained the subscription). It’s annoying, but I want to give them money while also avoiding being harassed by dozens of emails every month. Sadly there is no similar work around for youtube.
- zzyzxd 5y agoyoutube.com. was heaven for me before they fixed it[1]. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23581118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23581118