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Yeah I caved in. Paying now. But I realized I watch more docs on YouTube than any other streaming video platform. More than Netflix, more than Prime, more than

Yeah I caved in. Paying now. But I realized I watch more docs on YouTube than any other streaming video platform. More than Netflix, more than Prime, more than Disney+, more than HBO. So I cancelled Netflix and Disney+ and now just keep HBO and Prime. I don't love Prime but I still like the Prime delivery. So whatever, makes sense. I consume YouTube the most. Might as well not make my life hell and suffer through adds.

hobs 3y ago
Or just use adblock and never see any?
- nickthegreek 3y ago
  Only if you are watching via web browser.
  - shmde 3y ago
    Umm revanced ?
  - account42 3y ago
    yt-dlp (or good ol youtube-dl) also doesn't download ads and neither do players like mpv that automatically use it to play YouTube URLs.
  - blibble 3y ago
    works pretty well in brave on ios
propogandist 3y ago
Brave browser and/or UBO on Firefox does the job, while preventing Google from building profile about logged in YT watching habits.
- racl101 3y ago
  yeah but i also wanted the mobile app to keep playing when listening to videos.
  - propogandist 3y ago
    brave supports this feature (background audio)
nehal3m 3y ago
You might also consider Nebula and Curiosity Stream if you're into documentaries.
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deergomoo 3y ago
I had the same realisation. At this point, YouTube Premium is probably the subscription I would give up last. Premium is (for now) quite a nice experience, and there is so much nerdy niche content that would never get made commercially, certainly not to the same scale. I have noticed that my recommendations seem to be getting worse lately, but unsure if that's a flaw in the algorithm or because I've spent years draining the backlogs of the channels I follow.
- csydas 3y ago
  Out of curiosity, what does Premium do for you that is a positive? This is an earnest question, as recently my old Android phone died and I got a new iPhone. On Android, I'd just use Newpipe[0] which I absolutely loved; they kept up with Youtube's breaking changes (usually a day-of debug build until the fix reached the main release), and it was such a nice and out of the way music player with everything you could want. (Adhoc playlists, great functionality for queue next/queue, really intuitive UI, backgrounding, etc) On iOS, I wasn't really able to find an equivalent besides side-loading modified Youtube.app clients to enable the basic features I'd want (all of which are locked behind premium normally). Even with the premium features unlocked, the Youtube app really doesn't behave like an iOS app should, and it's significantly worse than Newpipe in my opinion. So I'm just curious what about Premium is worth it for you and what it brings that justifies being a subscription. If the answer is just "it's the only option", I get it, can't really argue with that, but really hoping there's something I'm missing that makes Youtube Premium more palatable. 0 - https://newpipe.net https://newpipe.net
  - ydant 3y ago
    (not the person you asked) It allows me to pay for a service that I use and I know costs money to run - for a reasonable fee (although it just went up in price and is less reasonable now), given how many hours our family watches per month on YouTube. Creators still get paid from YouTube premium views, and some creators see better revenue from that than from YouTube ads. I like supporting the creators I watch. I refuse to participate in regular ads. Sponsored segments are (barely) tolerable and skippable. I run an ad blocker and try to provide compensation to the sources I consume regularly. Patreon, news subscriptions, YouTube premium, etc. So just blocking ads through Newspipe or similar but still consuming a lot of video - doesn't feel right to me.
mustacheemperor 3y ago
Paying for premium doesn't even do enough, IMO. I pay for premium and it's worth the cost to remove the barrage of ad bumpers from videos, but YouTube is still completely cluttered with promoted content. If I turn on my TV to YouTube I want to see just my recommendations - just my actual recommendations, not fake recommendations designed to trick me into consuming whatever Youtube wants. I have not once ever watched news coverage on YouTube yet it seems like any workday that happens to coincide with a national tragedy, YouTube wants to make that the front page of my TV when I sit down after work.

hobs 3y ago

Or just use adblock and never see any?

nickthegreek 3y ago
Only if you are watching via web browser.
- shmde 3y ago
  Umm revanced ?
- account42 3y ago
  yt-dlp (or good ol youtube-dl) also doesn't download ads and neither do players like mpv that automatically use it to play YouTube URLs.
- blibble 3y ago
  works pretty well in brave on ios

propogandist 3y ago

Brave browser and/or UBO on Firefox does the job, while preventing Google from building profile about logged in YT watching habits.

racl101 3y ago
yeah but i also wanted the mobile app to keep playing when listening to videos.
- propogandist 3y ago
  brave supports this feature (background audio)

nehal3m 3y ago

You might also consider Nebula and Curiosity Stream if you're into documentaries.

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deergomoo 3y ago

I had the same realisation. At this point, YouTube Premium is probably the subscription I would give up last. Premium is (for now) quite a nice experience, and there is so much nerdy niche content that would never get made commercially, certainly not to the same scale. I have noticed that my recommendations seem to be getting worse lately, but unsure if that's a flaw in the algorithm or because I've spent years draining the backlogs of the channels I follow.

csydas 3y ago
Out of curiosity, what does Premium do for you that is a positive? This is an earnest question, as recently my old Android phone died and I got a new iPhone. On Android, I'd just use Newpipe[0] which I absolutely loved; they kept up with Youtube's breaking changes (usually a day-of debug build until the fix reached the main release), and it was such a nice and out of the way music player with everything you could want. (Adhoc playlists, great functionality for queue next/queue, really intuitive UI, backgrounding, etc) On iOS, I wasn't really able to find an equivalent besides side-loading modified Youtube.app clients to enable the basic features I'd want (all of which are locked behind premium normally). Even with the premium features unlocked, the Youtube app really doesn't behave like an iOS app should, and it's significantly worse than Newpipe in my opinion. So I'm just curious what about Premium is worth it for you and what it brings that justifies being a subscription. If the answer is just "it's the only option", I get it, can't really argue with that, but really hoping there's something I'm missing that makes Youtube Premium more palatable. 0 - https://newpipe.net https://newpipe.net
- ydant 3y ago
  (not the person you asked) It allows me to pay for a service that I use and I know costs money to run - for a reasonable fee (although it just went up in price and is less reasonable now), given how many hours our family watches per month on YouTube. Creators still get paid from YouTube premium views, and some creators see better revenue from that than from YouTube ads. I like supporting the creators I watch. I refuse to participate in regular ads. Sponsored segments are (barely) tolerable and skippable. I run an ad blocker and try to provide compensation to the sources I consume regularly. Patreon, news subscriptions, YouTube premium, etc. So just blocking ads through Newspipe or similar but still consuming a lot of video - doesn't feel right to me.

mustacheemperor 3y ago

Paying for premium doesn't even do enough, IMO. I pay for premium and it's worth the cost to remove the barrage of ad bumpers from videos, but YouTube is still completely cluttered with promoted content. If I turn on my TV to YouTube I want to see just my recommendations - just my actual recommendations, not fake recommendations designed to trick me into consuming whatever Youtube wants. I have not once ever watched news coverage on YouTube yet it seems like any workday that happens to coincide with a national tragedy, YouTube wants to make that the front page of my TV when I sit down after work.