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I submitted and got YouTube Premium. For most of my browsing, I don't mind battling with uBlock and making it work however for the rest of the family not so m

I submitted and got YouTube Premium. For most of my browsing, I don't mind battling with uBlock and making it work however for the rest of the family not so much, plus with premium, I can replace my Spotify subscription and also avoid ads from the YouTube app on the smart TV. There are methods (due to various regions having various prices) that one can find YTP cheaper than listed - but I'll leave that up to people to explore.

lacrimacida 3y ago
When the masses start doing that region thing it will clearly not work anymore, youtube will make sure you’ll pay the maximum price they can get from you.
- blibble 3y ago
  > youtube will make sure you’ll pay the maximum price they can get from you. and then they'll add ads to premium too
  - okdood64 3y ago
    and then you can cancel To me this has never been a valid reason (and there have been many) to not get Premium.
    - mentos 3y ago
      My late grandmother used to say that cable companies once made the same promise about paying for TV.
wintermutestwin 3y ago
I’ll gladly pay for ad free YouTube when google agrees to not track me. My data is worth way more to me and, obviously, them.
- unshavedyak 3y ago
  Likewise, i'd be interested in paying for a YouTube experience that wasn't so horribly over engagement engineered. I'm sick of click-bait and header images that are all powered by engagement culture. I'm sick of YT shoving tons of things down my throat just because i clicked on a single video. Want to justify $14/m? Try giving me feature in-line with me as a viewer or customer. Instead it'd rather drop the service entirely. So they're going to war with me, and eventually i'll just leave. Frankly though i'm happy to see these moves affect the community. I want to see more competition, and i'd love to give money ($7/m seems good to me) to a company that is more in-line with features i want.
- lern_too_spel 3y ago
  If Google stops tracking you, you'll get recommended vlogs and toddler videos. Getting good recommendations and knowing what I haven't yet watched in my subscriptions is worth my viewing data.
  - eviks 3y ago
    No you wouldn't, toddler videos don't match the video you're watching
    - sanswork 3y ago
      What about on the homepage?
      - eviks 3y ago
        Especially on the homepage, toddlers don't buy tracking opt-outs.
        sanswork 3y ago
        I think you're confused with what the other person meant. Without tracking the home page would be made up of just the most viewed videos. Toddler videos and vlogs. Or just the most recent Videos which would likely be even worse.
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lacrimacida 3y ago

When the masses start doing that region thing it will clearly not work anymore, youtube will make sure you’ll pay the maximum price they can get from you.

blibble 3y ago
> youtube will make sure you’ll pay the maximum price they can get from you. and then they'll add ads to premium too
- okdood64 3y ago
  and then you can cancel To me this has never been a valid reason (and there have been many) to not get Premium.
  - mentos 3y ago
    My late grandmother used to say that cable companies once made the same promise about paying for TV.

wintermutestwin 3y ago

I’ll gladly pay for ad free YouTube when google agrees to not track me. My data is worth way more to me and, obviously, them.

unshavedyak 3y ago
Likewise, i'd be interested in paying for a YouTube experience that wasn't so horribly over engagement engineered. I'm sick of click-bait and header images that are all powered by engagement culture. I'm sick of YT shoving tons of things down my throat just because i clicked on a single video. Want to justify $14/m? Try giving me feature in-line with me as a viewer or customer. Instead it'd rather drop the service entirely. So they're going to war with me, and eventually i'll just leave. Frankly though i'm happy to see these moves affect the community. I want to see more competition, and i'd love to give money ($7/m seems good to me) to a company that is more in-line with features i want.
lern_too_spel 3y ago
If Google stops tracking you, you'll get recommended vlogs and toddler videos. Getting good recommendations and knowing what I haven't yet watched in my subscriptions is worth my viewing data.
- eviks 3y ago
  No you wouldn't, toddler videos don't match the video you're watching
  - sanswork 3y ago
    What about on the homepage?
    - eviks 3y ago
      Especially on the homepage, toddlers don't buy tracking opt-outs.
      - sanswork 3y ago
        I think you're confused with what the other person meant. Without tracking the home page would be made up of just the most viewed videos. Toddler videos and vlogs. Or just the most recent Videos which would likely be even worse.

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