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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Oh no!

Anyway

[–] Platform27@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Honestly, this is ridiculous. I'd consider it if this stopped Alphabet (Google) tracking/telemetry, and thus no ads on the entire platform. Though just for YouTube, and YouTube Music (a service I don't use, nor care for)... nah.

[–] Ascend910@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Jokes on them I use Brave and Revenced

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[–] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (9 children)

People actually pay for this crap?

I quite enjoy YouTube premium. I was an avid Adblock/YouTube Vanced user before, but now that I am a little older and make more money, I realized it's worth it to me to get premium. I don't pay for any other streaming services, and YouTube is what I watch the most so I figured why not support it.

It makes me feel better knowing my money gets distributed to creators as well through YouTube. That did not happen before as I always blocked ads. Plus I don't need Spotify if I want to stream music because I have YouTube music. And YouTube music actually seems to have more of the music I like anyways, plus I already liked finding music through YouTube channels anyways.

I'm not advocating that everyone should buy YouTube premium, I'm just saying that it can have its merits for some people.

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