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There is no "ad-free" YouTube. Even if you pay, you will still see ads - https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1gnaetv/paying_to_see_ads_great/ https://old.
by thisislife2 8mo ago
There is no "ad-free" YouTube. Even if you pay, you will still see ads - https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1gnaetv/paying_to_see_ads_great/ https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1gnaetv/paying_to_... ... (ofcourse, those who pay will only see "premium" ads, befitting their financial status, unlike the cheap, ordinary every day ads for the lower class masses). Note that paying for YouTube doesn't prevent collection of your personal data (i.e. profiling). A comprehensive blocker like uBlock Origin helps prevents that to some extent by blocking the trackers.
- verdverm 8mo agoI've been paying for years, I can tell you the only ads I see are sponsored and embedded in the video. Off YT content like NFL is not a proxy for the Premium experience, that's not what paying the $14/m is getting you
- rithdmc 8mo agoThis was an on-platform ad for NFL, not an off-platform NFL experience delivering ads.
- verdverm 8mo agoThe NFL is an extra package, costs more, and comes with different terms. The NFL is a media / entertainment organization that exerts significant control over their content and the ads around them. https://tv.youtube.com/learn/nflsundayticket/ https://tv.youtube.com/learn/nflsundayticket/ NBA is similar, they made their players leave Bluesky because the NBA has deals with other media / social companies. These company's control extends beyond the TV to the players themselves.