YouTube is still free. You can access the same content (just with ads) by paying nothing at all, so the fact that there is more content than Netflix is beside t

YouTube is still free. You can access the same content (just with ads) by paying nothing at all, so the fact that there is more content than Netflix is beside the point. You aren't paying for access to the content; you are just paying for no ads and for the other features included in YouTube Premium. I am trying out YouTube Premium (halfway through a three-month trial). I disabled adblocking a month before I started the trial because I wanted to do a fair comparison and see if YouTube Premium is really that much better than the base experience. I have concluded, for me, it is not. I have found that I don't really use any of the other features besides the ad removal. YouTube Premium also introduces some annoyances. For example, it bugs me to use the music service whenever I navigate to a music video. It also requires me to install an app to download videos (which means I can't download videos on my laptop, which is where I really wanted them for offline viewing), and I have found that I don't like the app due to some UX isses. They want $18 AUD for this. I would maybe pay $10-12 AUD, but any more than that feels like a rip off. I would rather watch ads than pay that much. (Of course, in reality, I will just re-enable adblock once I cancel, and it will be a better experience than YouTube Premium.)