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It’s crazy you can pay for premium, which is not cheap, and you can’t disable shorts. The number of times I clicked “show less” and it has zero effect on the number of shorts.
Worth a try.
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Blocking ads is hardly "pirating" content
its pirating content in a way that you dont generate revenue for youtuber that expect from ads
Once a year choose 3 small youtubers (larger ones are already multi-millioners, they don't need your help) and drop them $5 each.
Now you just did 1000% of what they could get from you watching ads.
It’s crazy you can pay for premium, which is not cheap, and you can’t disable shorts. The number of times I clicked “show less” and it has zero effect on the number of shorts.
Shorts are up to 3 minutes long now. At this point they are just vertical videos. I fully expect the supported length to keep increasing!
I used to pay for YouTube premium. I stopped doing that, uninstalled the apps, and now use it through the browser with adblockers. (Yes, on my phone and iPad.) It works so well I’ve gotten at least half a dozen neighbours to do the same. If you haven’t tried it, it’s a definitive step up in UX.
I do pay for YouTube Premium, I see no ads, and everything works pretty conveniently. What's your point, that with a bit of extra effort you can pirate content?
So, for health reasons, I block nearly all advertisements. It is a HUGE mental health win. There is a ton of research behind this, as well.
I'm not going to pay extra money to disable a health concern. I'll block ads instead. I should not have to PAY MORE for a product that doesn't damage my health.
I will always happily directly support content creators. I will not watch ads.
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If we're going with bad analogies I have an opposite one - you're walking past the Nike store and the store has a promotion on "Watch 5 minutes of ads and get a free pair of shoes", but you instead kick the TV with the ads over, grab the shoes and run away. Or are you going to pretend that there's no agreement between you and YouTube that you're going to watch ads in exchange for the free content?
I will not be pretending that. I am _asserting_ it. I made no such agreement with YouTube. I am very confused why you think I did
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its pirating content in a way that you dont generate revenue for youtuber that expect from ads
Most content creators have links to support them with donation or patreon. Once a year choose 3 small youtubers (larger ones are already multi-millioners, they don't need your help) and drop them $5 each. Now you just did 1000% of what they could get from you watching ads.
It's wild how low the payout on ads is. Seriously, just flip people $1 every once in a while and it's more support than ads.
It's so stupid how people get all morally superior when they figure out that someone block ads.
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Revanced is the best UX for Android, can remove a lot of things as well (like shorts).
I never managed to install it it complains about youtube app being separated into parts or smth like that
It’s crazy you can pay for premium, which is not cheap, and you can’t disable shorts. The number of times I clicked “show less” and it has zero effect on the number of shorts.
What's crazy is that I can't turn them off for my children. I complain about it to Google. They ignore it. They couldn't possibly give a shit. I should probably complain to my congressman. Who also won't do shit even if they actually give a shit.
There's a long history of people not using it. Most people today don't use it.
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I do pay for YouTube Premium, I see no ads, and everything works pretty conveniently. What's your point, that with a bit of extra effort you can pirate content?
For me, and many people, advertising is a mental health issue. I don't enjoy those ads, they are very disturbing and jarring. It causes me anxiety and I don't like the things that those ads normalize. I don't think most people, especially americans, realize how far off the rails our society is in terms of our normalization of insane shit. So, for health reasons, I block nearly all advertisements. It is a HUGE mental…