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>What's worse, if you pay for YouTube Premium or Kagi, you're effectively paying for your content twice. No wonder, poorer people can't afford that. How is thi

• dcow 4y ago
  Or with Kagi?
• perryizgr8 4y ago
  > There are no ads if you pay. That's not true. Almost all high quality channels on Youtube have some sort of sponsorship inside the video. It doesn't go away even if you pay for Youtube red.
  • hollerith 4y ago
    "Almost all" is not my experience.
  • midoridensha 4y ago
    Isn't there a browser extension that attempts to skip these?
    • perryizgr8 4y ago
      There is, I use it. But then why would I pay for YouTube red? I'd rather donate to the extension dev.
• squeaky-clean 4y ago
  Only if you use SponsorBlock. Something something LTTStore.com (okay I've actually bought mech from them, but it's like 3x per episode plus the hardware sponsor segment).
• SebastianKra 4y ago
  To clarify: When you pay to remove ads, you're still paying indirectly for the production and delivery of ads. Just because you didn't see an advertisement from Apple doesn't mean you're not going to buy from them. So you now pay the cost of producing and delivering ads _as well as_ a premium so that you won't have to see them. It's like paying for the construction of a guillotine and then pay to not have to stick your head in it. Of course this is a simplified view: Not all companies benefit equally from advertising. Not all companies spend equally on ads, etc...