Comment on YouTube Premium is getting a huge price hike in over a dozen countries, sparking user backlash. Some countries are experiencing hikes between 30% and 50%

Cringe2793@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You don’t need to pay for smart TVs, if you have an Android TV you can just install SmartTube Next. It’s even better than the official app!

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Honestly, every YouTube app alternative I’ve tried has been better, and my only issue is occasionally streams break, which is due to changes from YT, not the app. Instead of putting effort into making the experience worse elsewhere, why not make the experience on the official app better? Features I really like on other apps:

    • adjust brightness and volume by sliding finger on half of the screen
    • nice offline downloads manager
    • remove unnecessary crap from the app
    • access other content than just YT videos
    • run in background (audio only or picture-in-picture)

    Some of those are premium features (why?), and others just don’t exist in the YT app. If the experience was better and the price was reasonable, I’d probably pay. But it’s not, so I use alternatives.

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  • Cringe2793@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’d love to, but I’m using a Samsung freestyle 2 projector, and from what I’ve researched, it doesnt let me install random apks 😭

    Bad decision on my part, but I thought a projector would be cool haha

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• linearchaos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This is just the pregame for unblockable ads.

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  • Starbuncle@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    YT ads will never be unblockable. They legally have to be indicated somehow and people will always write software to detect them. Worst case scenario, you have to download videos you want to watch ahead of time.

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