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YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world 3 days ago
My boss uses a VPN and some other clandestine methods to subscribe via India, so he pays the equivalent of about £3 per month for premium.
I gave it a try, but could never quite manage. You need to fully turn off location services, use an India registered Gmail and pay via a credit card if some kind. I think you also need a registered address, but he just used one for a random hotel in Bangladesh.
guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 3 days ago
… Or you could just use an ad blocker
87Six@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Admittedly, the creators get extra revenue from you using premium, so that approach is very valid in my eyes.
Also, ublock now blocks a list that includes the tracker for youtube views, if I remember right, so peopld using ublock don’t even count towards the creator’s views now :-/ this may be outdated now
Donate to your favourite creators either way! And use patreon not the youtube BS because youtube takes a massive cut!!!
MetaStatistical@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
This was a temporary problem that was discovered by a bunch of creators and eventually fixed by uBlock Origin.
I’m fine paying for YT Premium, because I watch YouTube all the time, but I don’t even understand why people try to use YouTube’s monetization. It’s pennies compared to getting subscriptions from Patreon.
I turn off ads for all of my videos, because I’d rather just have the freedom to not worry about de-monetization. If I ever end up needing the money, I’ll use Patreon to fund the channel.
87Six@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I’m glad that’s fixed.
And I think your approach is good. Look at Gamer’s Nexus’ channel. They got more funding from their supporters to fund their documentaries around the US, Germany and China in a few weeks than they would have got from youtube in months.
Viewer support is the way forward for creators imho.
Ib4 youtube bans external funding while using their platform.
GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 3 days ago
Yeah, I donate to my favorite creators. I’d much rather do that than give YouTube a penny.
TRock@feddit.dk 3 days ago
Doesn’t work on TVs tho
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
SmartTube
guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I use TizenTube on my Nvidia Shield.
github.com/reisxd/TizenTubeCobalt
GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 3 days ago
You can plug a computer with an HDMI cable into your TV
TRock@feddit.dk 2 days ago
What do you use for OS or software and remote? And dont say browser and wireless keyboard
YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Can you do that on a firestick?
GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 2 days ago
Maybe a jailbroken one. But I have no idea, I’ve never used one.
YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You don’t really jailbreak them as such to get functionality. You just enable dev options and APKs from unknown sources. You can SSH onto them if you really want to go command line and dig around in the OS, but it’s not necessary.