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TV is hot garbage now. YT has solid channels, from DIY to black hole talks and most importantly, uncensored news. TV is just ADs and more ADs, garbage content
by h4kunamata 1y ago
TV is hot garbage now.
YT has solid channels, from DIY to black hole talks and most importantly, uncensored news.
TV is just ADs and more ADs, garbage content after garbage content.
Not everything is pretty tho, YT has a complete monopoly and there is nothing anybody can do about it, the alternatives suck with some silly subscription when there is no even content.
I do pay for Youtube Premium since Youtube Music is hands down better than Spotify.
I would pay for alternative services to help them out IF they were worth it. YT Premium is the only subscription I pay and happy to do so, I see value.
- lowdownbutter 1y ago> uncensored news. Get a load of this guy
- tietjens 1y agovery curious what is meant by uncensored news.
- philipallstar 1y agoI think it's the sort of news that doesn't sound as though all the news channels had a meeting and decided to say the same thing at the same time.
- amelius 1y agoIs YT Premium 100% ad-free? I get the feeling that if many users start using Premium, at some point they'll see ads again.
- RaSoJo 1y agoYT-Premium is still ad-free, though they did bump up the prices recently. Being a monopoly gives them that kind of power, but they haven’t gone overboard—probably because they know regulators would start poking around if they did.
- nickthegreek 1y agoyoutube does not put ads before, during or after a video for a premium subscriber. creators are in control of the content within that video (and that could include sponsored segments). if that is an issue, you will need to skip those or use something like SponsorBlock.
- legitster 1y agoNot only is it ad-free, they provide a "skip advertisement" feature for in-video ads.
- joseda-hg 1y agoTechnically it's a "skip commonly skipped section" usually that includes in-video ads, but also long introductions, filler spaces and any other bits that enough people care to manually skip a few times
- munificent 1y agoYes, but as YouTube payments to videographers have dropped, most have started filling the gap by having sponsored content inside the video, which is harder to skip and avoid.
- JohnMakin 1y agoI unsubbed from YT premium when I realized the only feature I was really paying for was not being bombarded by ads every 30 seconds of video. Sometimes you'll get back to back aggressive ads within only a handful of seconds. The purpose seems to be to annoy you into purchasing a subscription, which is really predatory and annoying. Or locking "features" behind a paywall basically every other app provides, like continuing playing even when the app is in the background made me eventually annoyed enough to just cancel, and I can somewhat tolerate the ads. If not it forces me off the app sometimes which is not what I had intended but is a nice side effect. It would be one thing if the ads weren't incredibly annoying by themselves, the content is either really, really weird, seemingly AI generated, or annoying, or some combination of all of those. I cannot imagine who they are for.
- southernplaces7 1y agoAnd you don't use ublock for the free version? Or is there no alternative blocking option for mobile?
- JohnMakin 1y agoWhY dOn’T yOu JuSt UsE uBlOcK is not a retort to what I am saying.
- southernplaces7 1y agoIt wasn't a retort, it was an honestly curious question about why you'd tolerate being bombarded with ads if an easy solution exists that doesn't require paying. Simple enough, no?
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- anthk 1y agoThere's is for Fennec under F-Droid.org
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- ProAm 1y ago> most importantly, uncensored news I would like evidence of this because I hear constantly how certain topics are persona non grata on YT, and will be pulled or shadowbanned to page 1001 of results.
- harvey9 1y agoI take that to mean not from any big name news organisation. I do see a variety showing up in recommendations.