YouTube is my only subscription.
I use it for Music and Video. I definitely get my money’s worth, they’re streaming to me at least 8 hours a day.
If it’s not background music, it’s videos. I can’t even fathom how many hours of ads I have avoided.
Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Why pay for premium anyway? Let alone a family plan. You still get ads. They can be skipped too — SponsorBlock will do it for free. Google could use this but chooses not to.
They want YouTube to be like cable TV. You pay for it. You watch ads. You pay more for premium channels.
bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
I’ve never seen a single youtube ad with uBlock Origin. SponsorBlock takes care of most of the sponsored segments that a premium youtube account won’t get rid of.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
same here, but even I’m looking to cancel both to avoid supporting a US company and because they’re making my experience worse by having a shitty user experience
krunklom@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
YouTube is fucking garbage.
I don’t care about the ads because it’s fucking garbage, and why would I watch garbage?
nucleative@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I pay for it, also no ads except the sponsor plugs, which are pretty easy to skip. Overall a better experience than the non premium. I don’t live in the USA so my cost is like $5/month.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
The three people who replied before you said they don’t get the sponsor plugs.
When I had YTP (I had a trial, it was like 3 months for $1), I got the sponsored segments. So either those other people are lying, or they don’t understand what I’m saying.
stoly@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You don’t get ads. You pay less than double what two premiums cost and your household can share.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I have YouTube premium and have not gotten any ads.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I pay for it. No ads. Background playing on mobile, and YouTube music included.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
So you’re using SponsorBlock as well, or you’re watching videos without sponsors.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In-video sponsors are not even remotely the same thing as the ads YouTube puts on videos, but that being said no I’m not using SponsorBlock. YouTube premium has a button to skip in-video sponsors so I don’t need sponsor block.
xodoh74984@lemmy.world 6 months ago
[deleted]EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I don’t have an android
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
I just pirate it
AlfredoJohn@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I dont pay for it, use grayjay or firefox with ad block, I have no ads, background playing on mobile and I could care less about YouTube music.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m in a family plan, so when this change hits, going to have to find alternative methods.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Background playing on mobile
The fact that they put this behind a paywall is enough for me to never pay them a dime.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s fair
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
It used to just work. Then it only worked with a funny work around. Now I don’t care because I pirate their content instead.
theangryseal@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I found a neat little workaround that I used for a while. I’d load the video up in my browser, turn the phone on an off a couple times, press play on the lock screen, and enjoy it that way.
thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Most certainly off-topic, but I have found other cool workarounds for apps.
For instance, if you open 2 windows of, say, PowerPoint (1 you want to use, the other you must close after; read below). Then, go to the one you don’t want to use (or at least one you use for this method), and wait for the no account/Office not bought/whatever pop up; in any case, do NOT close the pop up. Open the other PowerPoint, and then close the former. If done right, you’ll be pleasantly surprised that it works perfectly! After that, you can open any additional ppt files. Do note that, after you close PowerPoint entirely, you gotta do this all over again.
wdx@feddit.org 7 months ago
@interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml gave me a really good suggestion the ither day. If youre on Firefox, it might work for you too :)
addons.mozilla.org/…/video-background-play-fix/
I just have the video running on Firefox and can them go to another App / turn off the screen
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
I use NewPipe on my phone (and FreeTube on my laptop)
floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I found a little workaround called Newpipe.
Simyon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I pay for premium because currently it’s the easier option for getting no Ads on all my devices. Yes I could install a third party client on my TV, Phone & use uBlock on Desktop, but two of those require active upkeep.
For sponsorships, YouTube Premium has the “Skip Ahead” feature which basically leeches off sponsorblock users where commonly skipped sections can be also skipped by you.
It’s just currently easier to pay than to pirate. I will say however, if it gets too shitty, I will resort back to pirating.