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I don't understand why you wouldn't just get yt premium. You get the same features and it pays out well. YouTube premium views are like gold nuggets for creator

I don't understand why you wouldn't just get yt premium. You get the same features and it pays out well. YouTube premium views are like gold nuggets for creators.

benbristow 1y ago
No Sponsorblock (so doesn't block ads by creators themselves, the cliches like NordVPN/SquareSpace etc. you have to manually skip) They also keep upping the price every so often. SmartTube is free. I had YouTube Premium via a VPN subscription then they cracked down on it, sod em! Why do I have to pay more because I'm a Brit than if I were an Indian? Don't bull me on "because I live in a Western country I've got a better salary etc.". If they can afford to provide it to Indians for a lower price then why would it cost them more to provide it to me? Same bandwidth costs. Greed.
pzmarzly 1y ago
Does YT Premium have something Luke SponsorBlock? Can I press a button to remove Shorts from search results? Can I reenable seeing dislikes under videos to know which ones are not worth watching? If not, then I still need to have a custom app/browser extension... at which point why would I pay for subscription anyway?
leptons 1y ago
I use Smarttube and I pay for Youtube premium, I guess I am an edge case. The Youtube app has nowhere near the customizable features Smarttube has. And I can completely block all "shorts" using Smarttube. I pay for Youtube premium because I also often use Youtube in a web browser, so no ads there is still helpful.
akimbostrawman 1y ago
"I don't understand why you wouldn't just give the platform that continually gets worse your money for a slightly less worse experience" I can't believe anybody who did not start using youtube yesterday would ever consider rewarding them. The sheer amount of overwhelmingly negative and widely disliked shit they do every single year for the last decade is staggering.

I don't understand why you wouldn't just get yt premium. You get the same features and it pays out well. YouTube premium views are like gold nuggets for creators.

benbristow 1y ago

No Sponsorblock (so doesn't block ads by creators themselves, the cliches like NordVPN/SquareSpace etc. you have to manually skip) They also keep upping the price every so often. SmartTube is free. I had YouTube Premium via a VPN subscription then they cracked down on it, sod em! Why do I have to pay more because I'm a Brit than if I were an Indian? Don't bull me on "because I live in a Western country I've got a better salary etc.". If they can afford to provide it to Indians for a lower price then why would it cost them more to provide it to me? Same bandwidth costs. Greed.

pzmarzly 1y ago

Does YT Premium have something Luke SponsorBlock? Can I press a button to remove Shorts from search results? Can I reenable seeing dislikes under videos to know which ones are not worth watching? If not, then I still need to have a custom app/browser extension... at which point why would I pay for subscription anyway?

leptons 1y ago

I use Smarttube and I pay for Youtube premium, I guess I am an edge case. The Youtube app has nowhere near the customizable features Smarttube has. And I can completely block all "shorts" using Smarttube. I pay for Youtube premium because I also often use Youtube in a web browser, so no ads there is still helpful.

akimbostrawman 1y ago

"I don't understand why you wouldn't just give the platform that continually gets worse your money for a slightly less worse experience" I can't believe anybody who did not start using youtube yesterday would ever consider rewarding them. The sheer amount of overwhelmingly negative and widely disliked shit they do every single year for the last decade is staggering.