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> So YouTube is going to make it impossible to watch without ads. There is an option.

• thiht 3y ago
  The only option is uBlock + SponsorBlock. YouTube premium is still full of ads.
  • ryan-allen 3y ago
    What country are you in? I have YouTube Premium and I don't get _any_ ads at all from YouTube, only the sponsored segments from creators directly (and no, NordVPN, I don't need a VPN, yes I know you exist).
    • thiht 3y ago
      These are ads.
      • nickthegreek 3y ago
        They aren't Google's ads.
        • thiht 3y ago
          They’re still ads which I don’t want to see
          • JCharante 3y ago
            Blame the creators you watch
            • wiseowise 3y ago
              Why should they? YouTube Premium literally says ad-free. Not my problem how Google moderates their videos. They’re pretty efficient in demonetizing videos or entire channels for a couple of swear words or god forbid a nipple somewhere, but taking a mental dump in my head with some useless shit that I don’t care about is apparently fine.
      • xboxnolifes 3y ago
        There are extensions to skip those.
        • thiht 3y ago
          Yes sponsorblock, which I cited above. But at this point, why pay for YouTube premium? If I have to install sponsorblock, I might as well install uBlock origin and get a better user experience for free.
          • xboxnolifes 3y ago
            The point is, uBlock origin is supposedly not going to work with the new system. You claimed that there "will be no way to avoid ads", which is strictly untrue. Youtube Premium + sponsorblock is the counterpoint.
            • thiht 3y ago
              And my point is I don’t pay to have to install another extension. If uBlock doesn’t work anymore, either I’ll use YouTube-flow/yt-dlp, or I’ll stop using YouTube altogether. I’m ok to pay for services, but paying and still getting ads is my hard limit.
        • TremendousJudge 3y ago
          so those ads are cool to skip?
    • nameless_prole 3y ago
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    • Doxin 3y ago
      Youtube won't take my money even if I wanted to give it to them. I've got no credit card nor the desire to get one, and it's the only payment method accepted.
    • kernal 3y ago
      They're likely referring to creator ads spliced into their content.
• wewxjfq 3y ago
  Everything will have ads eventually. Capitalism doesn't leave money on the table.
• sircastor 3y ago
  I’m willing to bet that we’re not far off from YouTube including ads even if you pay. We’ve already seen other streaming services start to do this. I think the streaming services will become more interested in ad revenue than they are in paying subscribers.
  • recursive 3y ago
    > I’m willing to bet that we’re not far off from YouTube including ads even if you pay. If you're right, then I'm not that far off from cancelling my subscription. But I think you're wrong.
    • BowBun 3y ago
      What about in 5 years, when they've normalized subscriptions with the ad levels you expect today, and their shareholders demand more dividends. What then? Ads baby. Why would it stop when literally every public corporation's ONLY goal is to extract more money out of you, the consumer? Foolish thinking.
  • JCharante 3y ago
    That's just ad-supported plans like Hulu etc. They still have tiers to watch ad-free.