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Tbh I just pay for YT premium. I hate ads that much and always said I’d pay to avoid them. Money where my mouth is.
by girvo 5y ago
Tbh I just pay for YT premium. I hate ads that much and always said I’d pay to avoid them. Money where my mouth is.
- getcrunk 5y agoI also pay for premium, but vanced is how I block shorts and sponsor block
- geerlingguy 5y agoHonestly YouTube should have a way to disable shorts in app. They're trying to pull an Instagram and stomp on TikTok's grounds, but it doesn't feel like it's working and it feels like how Instagram went from being a simple photo sharing tool to being a bloated mess with four major interfaces in one.
- LordDragonfang 5y agoYou say you don't feel like it's working, but that might just be because you're no longer part of the new generation and have a different expectation of what "video content" is. Like it or not, the Tiktok format is very popular, and while a large part of it is the recommendation algo, Google isn't exactly a slouch in that area. I have it on good authority that Shorts is both experiencing steady growth and is the fastest-growing segment within Youtube-the-company.
- getcrunk 5y agoOh it's working, but it's objectively worse for your mental health. (Addiction, dopamine overload)
- xmprt 5y agoI feel like it's objectively not working and this is coming from someone who's spent a good amount of time on both TikTok and YouTube Shorts. TikTok has an actual community of original content creators and people trying to remix content that other's have made using sounds, duets, and stitches. YouTube is mostly reposted TikTok content (which loses context due to the lack of sounds, duets, etc.) and clip aggregators who just repost clips from popular memes/viral videos/TV shows. They aren't even in the same ballpark in terms of quality.
- ajford 5y agoIf they offered a light version that was JUST ad-free YT, I'd subscribe in a heartbeat. I already pay for two other music services and have no interest another one so the $20/mo is too steep for my blood (for the family plan). YT apparently trialed a YT Premium Lite in Europe [0], which is at a price-point I'd be willing to pay (7 EUR). That's on par with what I'd pay for other streaming services, and that's probably 50% of my streaming source, especially with the amount of learning content on there. I'd probably be willing to pay up to $10 USD/mo for just ad-free YT. But the other ~$10USD/mo for an unwanted service doesn't appeal to me. [0]: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/2/22605455/youtube-premium-lite-pilot-benelux-nordics-experiment-ad-free-subscription https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/2/22605455/youtube-premium-l...
- pastrybanking 5y agoMind you, YT premium is not available in all countries.
- orangepanda 5y agoSponsorblock is still required with YT premium. And because uBlock has to be installed for other sites anyway, YT premium does not add any value..