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I recommend buying YouTube Premium. I’ve been a happy customer for a couple years now. It’s better for the creators compared to blocking ads too and they get pa

I recommend buying YouTube Premium. I’ve been a happy customer for a couple years now. It’s better for the creators compared to blocking ads too and they get paid based on your watch time. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6306276 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6306276

billti 5y ago
I have YouTube premium and love it. I mostly watch it for music videos and technical talks, and love not having ads. Watch some kids shows too with the 5yo. I nearly always use the web site, even though I have the app on my phone. Full screen browser tab on the desktop just feels more “TV-like” and engaging than staring at the phone screen.
- AlexanderTheGr8 5y ago
  why not use ublock origin, rather than buy youtube premium? UO will remove every single ad in browser. It's obviously 100% fine to buy premium; I am just curious about the reasons, if any.
  - codewithcheese 5y ago
    To remove ads on Mobile and Android TV
  - billti 5y ago
    As someone who lives very comfortably on a software engineer’s salary at a big software company, I generally avoid trying to “work around” their business models. If I’m going to use the software/service, I’m happy to pay those engineer’s salaries too. (And if it makes the product unusable, then I don’t use it).
  - askafriend 5y ago
    I like the simplicity of paying for it and knowing it’ll work everywhere without having to deal with work arounds. (I watch on at least 5 different platforms) I don’t mind the price - I love the straightforward model. I watch a ton of YouTube and want to support the business as well as creators (they get a cut of the subscription).
bombela 5y ago
I do pay for YouTube premium. But the amount of ads in the video itself is just too much. Everybody has a sponsor to talk about multiple times in theirs video. And then there is the various interaction reminders. And YouTube stills shows me ads for movies and whatnot. I am now combining YouTube Premium with uBlock Origin and SponsorBlok to get a decent experience.
- errantmind 5y ago
  There is an add-on called SponsorBlock that automatically skips the sponsor 'ads' in the video content itself.
  - Tijdreiziger 5y ago
    Unfortunately this doesn't work for the app. (Yes, I've heard of NewPipe - I want to use the official app.)
    - GaggiX 5y ago
      There is YouTube Vanced if you want and it already incorporates Sponsorblock
- yaitsyaboi 5y ago
  I also have YT Premium. Those in video promos are so easy to skip. Most creators put them in the same spot every video, some even at the end. These are mostly regular people trying to earn a living making high quality content. I’m not seeing how you can begrudge them the few seconds of skippable ad copy.
  - SpelingBeeChamp 5y ago
    I think many people have forgotten just how many ads are shown on television, where commercials typically occupy around 25% of on-air time.
    - 5y ago
SpelingBeeChamp 5y ago
As a full-time YouTuber person, I wholeheartedly endorse this statement. I say that as someone who pays the bills from YouTube and as someone who pays for Premium every month. It's been a while, but last I checked Premium views were worth more on a per-view basis than ad-watching views. We're talking tiny fractions of a cent, but they obviously add up. Moreover, so-called "demonetized" videos remain eligible for Premium revenue, despite the reality that they will earn little to nothing from ads.
benhurmarcel 5y ago
It’s a shame that you’re forced to buy Google’s music subscription in order to pay for removing Youtube ads.

billti 5y ago

I have YouTube premium and love it. I mostly watch it for music videos and technical talks, and love not having ads. Watch some kids shows too with the 5yo. I nearly always use the web site, even though I have the app on my phone. Full screen browser tab on the desktop just feels more “TV-like” and engaging than staring at the phone screen.

AlexanderTheGr8 5y ago
why not use ublock origin, rather than buy youtube premium? UO will remove every single ad in browser. It's obviously 100% fine to buy premium; I am just curious about the reasons, if any.
- codewithcheese 5y ago
  To remove ads on Mobile and Android TV
- billti 5y ago
  As someone who lives very comfortably on a software engineer’s salary at a big software company, I generally avoid trying to “work around” their business models. If I’m going to use the software/service, I’m happy to pay those engineer’s salaries too. (And if it makes the product unusable, then I don’t use it).
- askafriend 5y ago
  I like the simplicity of paying for it and knowing it’ll work everywhere without having to deal with work arounds. (I watch on at least 5 different platforms) I don’t mind the price - I love the straightforward model. I watch a ton of YouTube and want to support the business as well as creators (they get a cut of the subscription).

bombela 5y ago

I do pay for YouTube premium. But the amount of ads in the video itself is just too much. Everybody has a sponsor to talk about multiple times in theirs video. And then there is the various interaction reminders. And YouTube stills shows me ads for movies and whatnot. I am now combining YouTube Premium with uBlock Origin and SponsorBlok to get a decent experience.

errantmind 5y ago
There is an add-on called SponsorBlock that automatically skips the sponsor 'ads' in the video content itself.
- Tijdreiziger 5y ago
  Unfortunately this doesn't work for the app. (Yes, I've heard of NewPipe - I want to use the official app.)
  - GaggiX 5y ago
    There is YouTube Vanced if you want and it already incorporates Sponsorblock
yaitsyaboi 5y ago
I also have YT Premium. Those in video promos are so easy to skip. Most creators put them in the same spot every video, some even at the end. These are mostly regular people trying to earn a living making high quality content. I’m not seeing how you can begrudge them the few seconds of skippable ad copy.
- SpelingBeeChamp 5y ago
  I think many people have forgotten just how many ads are shown on television, where commercials typically occupy around 25% of on-air time.
  - 5y ago

SpelingBeeChamp 5y ago

As a full-time YouTuber person, I wholeheartedly endorse this statement. I say that as someone who pays the bills from YouTube and as someone who pays for Premium every month. It's been a while, but last I checked Premium views were worth more on a per-view basis than ad-watching views. We're talking tiny fractions of a cent, but they obviously add up. Moreover, so-called "demonetized" videos remain eligible for Premium revenue, despite the reality that they will earn little to nothing from ads.

benhurmarcel 5y ago

It’s a shame that you’re forced to buy Google’s music subscription in order to pay for removing Youtube ads.