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Youtube premium has remained adfree as far as I know. Best to try it out yourself. I can't watch Youtube with Ads ever anymore. If a 100% Ad-free youtube pre

by j45 1y ago

Youtube premium has remained adfree as far as I know. Best to try it out yourself. I can't watch Youtube with Ads ever anymore. If a 100% Ad-free youtube premium at the current price point ever went away, something would have to change about the ads.

lpcvoid 1y ago
Nah, Firefox with ublock origin is better than giving money to google.
- iLoveOncall 1y ago
  You also give money to the creators you watch by watching ads or watching with YouTube premium. You also can't block ads on iPhones, which a majority of the developed world uses. My girlfriend has never watched a YouTube video on something other than an Apple device for example.
  - heraldgeezer 1y ago
    >You also can't block ads on iPhones, which a majority of the developed world uses. My girlfriend has never watched a YouTube video on something other than an Apple device for example. People really live like this... ? Like those who watch movies on their phones lmao. Also, Brave works on iphone -> m.youtube.com adfree :) Then again I went years not using conditioner and moisturiser for my skin, only deo... We all need tips from people who know better you know. (Im white.)
  - lucb1e 1y ago
    I'd rather send money to the people I want to support than fund a middleman > which a majority of the developed world uses ... the USA? It's not a majority in any other country that I'm aware of I've got a Eurocentric view though, I have e.g. no idea if Singapore or China has a majority of Apple users or where you draw the line on 'developed' (critique on the term: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Factfulness&oldid=1292227344#Four_income_levels https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Factfulness&oldid...)
    - iLoveOncall 1y ago
      https://www.enterpriseappstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/figure-2-3.png https://www.enterpriseappstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/... Basically any rich country has a majority of iPhones. And let's not even talk about tablets.
      - lucb1e 1y ago
        Without loading the image up in an editor and comparing color values, I can't tell which countries have a majority there. Looking it up myself, the third hit for "iphone market share" (the top two did not have a breakdown per country) is https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/iphone-market-share-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/iphone-ma... which shows how flawed this notion is: from a quick look, honduras, dominican republic, and albania are listed as over 50% but rich countries like the netherlands, germany, and new zealand are not Anyway, it's also the user's own choice if they want a closed ecosystem. I find it relatively irrelevant if someone chooses a jail and then complains that the jailer is too strict and they can't run the ad blocker software they want: that's the deal they picked and they're free to choose an open platform any day of the week. I don't even mean open source, just the zeroth, most fundamental freedom ("The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition#The_Four_Essential_Freedoms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition#T...)
theoreticalmal 1y ago
I get an ad-free YouTube experience for $0 with software. Why do you pay for it?
- dandellion 1y ago
  Plus you can block shorts. You can't do that with premium. I got fed up and stopped paying for premium, now I get no shorts and no ads, it's a win-win.
- cbeley 1y ago
  Because I want to actually support content creators. I also want it to be more normalized to pay for things vs having ad supported content.
  - card_zero 1y ago
    Do you think giving money to the world's largest ad agency will encourage them to change their business model?
    - cbeley 1y ago
      Their business model is already in line with my values. I give them money and in exchange I get an ad-free experience. They don't need to change.
      - card_zero 1y ago
        If you care about whether content is ad supported or not, then Google are behind most of the world's ad supported content, and need to change, irrespective of your own transaction, unless you think transactions like that will change them. That's why I asked. It would be nice if it worked.
      - lucb1e 1y ago
        I'm not aware that you can pay for Google Search. That they have a paid tier for Youtube is probably to cater to another group of people rather than to "align with your values" and encourage people to actually pay for things online

by j45 1y ago

lpcvoid 1y ago

Nah, Firefox with ublock origin is better than giving money to google.

iLoveOncall 1y ago
You also give money to the creators you watch by watching ads or watching with YouTube premium. You also can't block ads on iPhones, which a majority of the developed world uses. My girlfriend has never watched a YouTube video on something other than an Apple device for example.
- heraldgeezer 1y ago
  >You also can't block ads on iPhones, which a majority of the developed world uses. My girlfriend has never watched a YouTube video on something other than an Apple device for example. People really live like this... ? Like those who watch movies on their phones lmao. Also, Brave works on iphone -> m.youtube.com adfree :) Then again I went years not using conditioner and moisturiser for my skin, only deo... We all need tips from people who know better you know. (Im white.)
- lucb1e 1y ago
  I'd rather send money to the people I want to support than fund a middleman > which a majority of the developed world uses ... the USA? It's not a majority in any other country that I'm aware of I've got a Eurocentric view though, I have e.g. no idea if Singapore or China has a majority of Apple users or where you draw the line on 'developed' (critique on the term: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Factfulness&oldid=1292227344#Four_income_levels https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Factfulness&oldid...)
  - iLoveOncall 1y ago
    https://www.enterpriseappstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/figure-2-3.png https://www.enterpriseappstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/... Basically any rich country has a majority of iPhones. And let's not even talk about tablets.
    - lucb1e 1y ago
      Without loading the image up in an editor and comparing color values, I can't tell which countries have a majority there. Looking it up myself, the third hit for "iphone market share" (the top two did not have a breakdown per country) is https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/iphone-market-share-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/iphone-ma... which shows how flawed this notion is: from a quick look, honduras, dominican republic, and albania are listed as over 50% but rich countries like the netherlands, germany, and new zealand are not Anyway, it's also the user's own choice if they want a closed ecosystem. I find it relatively irrelevant if someone chooses a jail and then complains that the jailer is too strict and they can't run the ad blocker software they want: that's the deal they picked and they're free to choose an open platform any day of the week. I don't even mean open source, just the zeroth, most fundamental freedom ("The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition#The_Four_Essential_Freedoms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition#T...)

theoreticalmal 1y ago

I get an ad-free YouTube experience for $0 with software. Why do you pay for it?

dandellion 1y ago
Plus you can block shorts. You can't do that with premium. I got fed up and stopped paying for premium, now I get no shorts and no ads, it's a win-win.
cbeley 1y ago
Because I want to actually support content creators. I also want it to be more normalized to pay for things vs having ad supported content.
- card_zero 1y ago
  Do you think giving money to the world's largest ad agency will encourage them to change their business model?
  - cbeley 1y ago
    Their business model is already in line with my values. I give them money and in exchange I get an ad-free experience. They don't need to change.
    - card_zero 1y ago
      If you care about whether content is ad supported or not, then Google are behind most of the world's ad supported content, and need to change, irrespective of your own transaction, unless you think transactions like that will change them. That's why I asked. It would be nice if it worked.
    - lucb1e 1y ago
      I'm not aware that you can pay for Google Search. That they have a paid tier for Youtube is probably to cater to another group of people rather than to "align with your values" and encourage people to actually pay for things online