I get that people hate companies but $7 a month for unlimited video on any device with 500 hours uploaded every minute. That's a decent deal. The only drawback is that you don't get Sponsorblock on smart devices. People seem to overestimate how much the average person care about online outrage. Netflix, Reddit, Twitter.. They all seem fine despite being declared dead numerous times.
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#22you can use vpn to sign up to youtube premium from india or some other cheap location without strict address requirements and pay two bucks a month
Isnt youtube basically merged with google, thus you need to have separare indian account jusr for google?
Who needs Google search in 2023? The only google services I use are Gmail, Translate, Youtube and their core project - 8.8.8.8
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#23I love this idea because finally there is some force which can make me less watching youtube and I certainly am not going to deepen my profile with a bank credentials (but I would pay for premium with crypto if it will be possible)
> deepen my profile with a bank credentials (but I would pay for premium with crypto if it will be possible
Bull fucking shit. There are services like Privacy.com which allow you to pay without deepening your profile.
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#24YouTube premium family is best value for money for all streaming services. Just don’t waste time on adblocking, as it works reliably only on desktop. I used ublock and it was more or less cuccessfully fighting ads on desktop, but they still were present on phone (new pipe just sucks, and I moved to iPhone anyways), iPad, Xbox and tv. Premium removed all of them. Also gave downloads for offline viewing. I still use sp…
I never watch youtube on my phone, always desktop and like you sponsorblock has become essential. I can't bring myself to give YT money when I can address my use case for free. YT's hostile user approach also rubs me the wrong way, I can't reward that behavior
How exactly is YouTube user hostile?
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#25I get that people hate companies but $7 a month for unlimited video on any device with 500 hours uploaded every minute. That's a decent deal. The only drawback is that you don't get Sponsorblock on smart devices. People seem to overestimate how much the average person care about online outrage. Netflix, Reddit, Twitter.. They all seem fine despite being declared dead numerous times.
I don’t watch many YouTube videos. Maybe 1-5/month. And it depends on many factors so isn’t predictable.
I don’t want to pay$7/month so when I do get a link I don’t get annoyed by YouTube’s UX.
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#26I get that people hate companies but $7 a month for unlimited video on any device with 500 hours uploaded every minute. That's a decent deal. The only drawback is that you don't get Sponsorblock on smart devices. People seem to overestimate how much the average person care about online outrage. Netflix, Reddit, Twitter.. They all seem fine despite being declared dead numerous times.
I remember people saying years ago that reddit's redesign is not a problem because it has API access and you can use third party clients...
The $7 is the current price, it does not reflect future changes. If the pool of potential customers is dry, they will try other means of increasing revenue, including increases of that price.
They might also turn the $7 into a requirement to watch YouTube at all, and show ads anyways.
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#27YouTube premium family is best value for money for all streaming services. Just don’t waste time on adblocking, as it works reliably only on desktop. I used ublock and it was more or less cuccessfully fighting ads on desktop, but they still were present on phone (new pipe just sucks, and I moved to iPhone anyways), iPad, Xbox and tv. Premium removed all of them. Also gave downloads for offline viewing. I still use sp…
I use Firefox mobile with Ublock on my phone, plus I have DNS ad blocking, so I don't see ads on the apps either.
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#28I love this idea because finally there is some force which can make me less watching youtube and I certainly am not going to deepen my profile with a bank credentials (but I would pay for premium with crypto if it will be possible)
> deepen my profile with a bank credentials (but I would pay for premium with crypto if it will be possible Bull fucking shit. There are services like Privacy.com which allow you to pay without deepening your profile .
I am not an US citizen. And even if I would, I do not believe that privacy.com does not give anything and everything to FATCO.
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#29As someone who has no "special love" for YouTube, I feel like the equation for YouTube is different for me that what they have in mind. YouTube chose to host a public mode of displaying videos that someone in a third world country made or Linus Sebastian made. As long as they don't put everything behind Netflix style login, I will fight tooth and nail with UBO. I don't care about "ethics" of ad blockers. If its public, I will do what I darn want. Want to stop me, well put it behind a paywall.
That does two things.
I don't use Netflix so any content there is of 0 interest to me.
You don't get to stay public and expect ad dollars. It doesn't work like that on the internet.
Same for NYT. I don't pay for it and have no use for content there. If if were an ad supported one, then I could use an ad blocker.
Think of it this way. If you screen your movie in a cinema hall, I will watch it if I pay for a ticket. Fair and square. If it is played on a public roadshow, I will skip all ads or skip it altogether.
The org has to decide. Either make content pay per use or free. No middle ground.
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#30YouTube premium family is best value for money for all streaming services. Just don’t waste time on adblocking, as it works reliably only on desktop. I used ublock and it was more or less cuccessfully fighting ads on desktop, but they still were present on phone (new pipe just sucks, and I moved to iPhone anyways), iPad, Xbox and tv. Premium removed all of them. Also gave downloads for offline viewing. I still use sp…
> new pipe just sucks
What's wrong with newpipe ?