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I don’t understand why this is a controversy when frequent users of YouTube can pay for an ad-free version.

• jacooper 3y ago
  Because that subscription doesn't stop google tracking those users.
• Vvector 3y ago
  Agreed. Isn't this what we want, a paid ad-free version and an ad supported version?
• piva00 3y ago
  Sorry for repeating myself across a few threads on the YT ads issue the past days, I posted here[1] and here[2] the reasoning I'm pasting below, I will repeat it because I believe it's a core issue on how YT is treating their customers even when they were willing to pay: I was willing to pay for "no ads", YouTube had the perfect product for me, Premium Lite, which I gladly paid for 2 years until I got an email in October: > Subject: Your Premium Lite membership will be discontinued > Thank you for being one of our first Premium Lite members. > We’re writing to let you know that after October 25, 2023, we will no longer offer your version of Premium Lite. While we understand this may be disappointing news, we continue to work on different versions of Premium Lite as we incorporate feedback from our users, creators, and partners. [emphasis mine on the bullshit] > To show our appreciation, we’re offering a 1 - month trial of Premium (even if you’ve had a trial before). With Premium, you can watch videos ad - free, offline, and in the background. Plus, stream music ad - free in the YouTube Music app. I don't need nor want the other features, just no ads, and paid for it for 2 years. Then YouTube decided to fuck me over and force me into a more expensive subscription tier, fuck them, I'll use ad blockers for as long as they work. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38989006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38989006 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38966790 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38966790