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Honestly, for the amount of time I spend watching YouTube content, YouTube Premium is a bargain. People have been spoiled by VC funds allowing services to run w
by kennyadam 3y ago
Honestly, for the amount of time I spend watching YouTube content, YouTube Premium is a bargain. People have been spoiled by VC funds allowing services to run without making a profit for so long that paying for a web service that's so cash-hungry like streaming HD video to hundreds of millions of people a day is almost a foreign concept.
I would rather we discuss the benefits of paying rather than how to circumvent adblock bans, which will just lead to even more unpleasant ways of recouping costs.
- t_fatus 3y agoI'm surprised you're getting downvoted. Running youtube costs money, some creators spend a lot of time or even make a living out of their videos, that we, the users, willingly enjoy to watch. Youtube (just like Nebula) enables us to watch content we like, and helps funnel some money from the users to the creators. The whole tracking industry sucks, contextual ads seem acceptable as an alternative to payment and still protect privacy. But there is no free lunch
- amne 3y agoAnd then there's people in the comments saying it would be cheaper without Music bundled in. I'm willing to argue Music is by design baked in so they just advertise it as extra to look good. I use both. I had YT playlists long before Music was a thing. When they bundled it with Premium it was a no-brainer. I still have my youtube-dl scripts syncing music for offline though .. just in case.