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Those ads are optional. You can just pay for it. Its actually pretty good value for the money. Edit: I forgot to mention Family Link. Once you have a family me

Those ads are optional. You can just pay for it. Its actually pretty good value for the money. Edit: I forgot to mention Family Link. Once you have a family membership (maybe even before?) You can also use Googles family link to enable a restricted mode that hides adult content for specific accounts. You actually get a pretty great experience for the whole family for about $20/month.

HelloUsername 11mo ago
Then you'd be giving money to the Google company as well. You can also look up the content creators and donate directly.
- lII1lIlI11ll 11mo ago
  Will creators also serve you their content directly?
- mapontosevenths 11mo ago
  What is your objection to paying for the thing you seem to enjoy using? Most content creators I've heard of appreciate those who subscribe to YouTube premium. 55% of the cost goes to creators.
nkrisc 11mo ago
Ads are only half the problem. The real problem with kids using YouTube is it's too easy for them to access any of the content on the platform. If I could pay YouTube for the privilege of using an app where I choose exactly which videos are available, and no other video will ever appear on or can be accessed from that app, then I might pay for it. IMO the only way YouTube can be kid-friendly is if there is an app where the primary utility is the ability to whitelist on a per video basis. There could be convenience methods like whitelisting an entire channel's videos with one action, but the whitelist needs to be built around a per video model. Last I checked, they had nothing remotely like this as an option.
- conception 11mo ago
  Youtube Kids has this. You can turn on a whitelisted content only mode. Then only content you share with the kids account shows up. Approved content only mode.
  - barbazoo 11mo ago
    At which point I might as well put it on plex, same effort for tech savvy people.
    - conception 11mo ago
      Plex + archive.org is the best. So many great kids shows on there to grab.
  - nkrisc 11mo ago
    Thanks, good to know. Either it didn't exist when I last tried to research it, or I just couldn't find it.

HelloUsername 11mo ago

Then you'd be giving money to the Google company as well. You can also look up the content creators and donate directly.

lII1lIlI11ll 11mo ago
Will creators also serve you their content directly?
mapontosevenths 11mo ago
What is your objection to paying for the thing you seem to enjoy using? Most content creators I've heard of appreciate those who subscribe to YouTube premium. 55% of the cost goes to creators.

nkrisc 11mo ago

Ads are only half the problem. The real problem with kids using YouTube is it's too easy for them to access any of the content on the platform. If I could pay YouTube for the privilege of using an app where I choose exactly which videos are available, and no other video will ever appear on or can be accessed from that app, then I might pay for it. IMO the only way YouTube can be kid-friendly is if there is an app where the primary utility is the ability to whitelist on a per video basis. There could be convenience methods like whitelisting an entire channel's videos with one action, but the whitelist needs to be built around a per video model. Last I checked, they had nothing remotely like this as an option.

conception 11mo ago
Youtube Kids has this. You can turn on a whitelisted content only mode. Then only content you share with the kids account shows up. Approved content only mode.
- barbazoo 11mo ago
  At which point I might as well put it on plex, same effort for tech savvy people.
  - conception 11mo ago
    Plex + archive.org is the best. So many great kids shows on there to grab.
- nkrisc 11mo ago
  Thanks, good to know. Either it didn't exist when I last tried to research it, or I just couldn't find it.