Comment on YouTube launches a $7.99 per month, ad-free Premium Lite subscription

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• dmtalon@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The only problem I have with the premium subscription is the lack of ad control from the content creator. They should have to put them into some kind of wrapper that I, as a premium member can decide to enable or not. As a paying subscriber I should be able to watch it 100% ad free without going through sponsorblock, which is a big pita to do on set-top boxes.

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  • ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Check out Nebula. Lots of YouTubers host there. Subscriptions go straight to the creators, and they cut the sponsor blocks out of the versions they post there.

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  • Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sponsorblock built in would be nice.

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    • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s built in on free apps that block the rest of the ads.

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    • dmtalon@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There are a few apps you can get for like Google TV (nvidia shield etc…) Like smartyoutubetv. But they’ve gotta be side loaded. So you need to install some way to get the APK on the device. It’s all diable, but it’s a pain.

      I’d prefer just paying and losing the ads. Since I’m dreaming, I’d also like a check box to remove shorts all together from my experience.

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      • LWD@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You can probably bribe a tech-savvy friend to do it for you with a fraction of YouTube’s yearly cost

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• kobra@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah especially without full feature parity with YouTube premium. This $7.99 price should omit music but everything else from premium should be included, and even that feels a little expensive.

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• HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Considering i get premium Peacock for like $6 a month after discounts I agree. I get the live channel plus a ton of other stuff and other pre-made channels to watch. Some sports as well plus the Olympics when they are relevant. Asking $8 just to remove some ads sounds awful. I will stick to using Firefox on mobile and pc with ublock origin which removes all ads.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I feel the same. I pay $5/month for my Nebula subscription, and I think that’s a bit high for my usage.

    Could I get an ala carte option where my first X hours are ad free? I don’t watch a ton of YouTube, but I’m willing to pay a little to support the platform.

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