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> With youtube premium they stop showing you ads. For now.... Until they decide to increase the price of ad free premium and introduce a new tier at the origin

> With youtube premium they stop showing you ads. For now.... Until they decide to increase the price of ad free premium and introduce a new tier at the original price that includes ads. It's the same argument people made about how if you get free stuff you should expect ads and if you don't like things then pay for them. It turns out the things we paid for just started including ads as well.

climb_stealth 3y ago
> For now.... Until they decide to increase the price of ad free premium and introduce a new tier at the original price that includes ads. Sure, but if that happens you cancel then. Not paying now because it might get worse in the future seems a bit backward. Unfortunately the enshittification of the whole experience is almost guaranteed, I agree with you there. But for now Youtube Premium is very much worth it when watching a lot. I have watched >160 hours since January [0] and am super happy with it. I always use an ad blocker so my experience hasn't changed. But it feels like the right thing to do. Also because content creators get more money per view from premium users. And because I pay for the family plan I don't have to be subjected to overhearing ads played by my immediate family either. [0] Youtube shows stats on the account page on how much the premium features were used since going premium.