A paid adblocker/ video downloader is worth 20$ a month for 5 people? Every feature in premium has a third party tool alternative you could easily use anyway.
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locuester@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
I enjoy watching YouTube with no ads so I bought premium. I actually bought the family one and share it with 4 others. Personally, I find it to be a great deal.
I also pay for extra storage (even tho I have a nas) because it’s convenient to have.
I’m a pirate at heart, have a 3k movie library on Plex and use nefarious to queue download, and I’m a long time crypto nut so I understand privacy and sticking it to the man.
But I also find great quality of life improvements by simply paying fair prices for good content 🤷♂️
WheatleyInc@lemmy.world 8 months ago
viking@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Set a VPN to Turkey and you get it for $3.
I’m blocking ads regardless, but if you wanted to pay, there are cheaper ways.
momtheregoesthatman@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m in the same boat and state of thought here. I’ve got a monster Plex collection on an unnecessarily large NAS… But; I pay for Spotify, YouTube and Proton. I use them all, I see value and still use a piHole, uBlock and all that stuff like nothing changed. More power to you.
cley_faye@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Some people fail to see that, it’s a matter of how you value the service. I still think the current price is a bit high for a subscription, and I have some issues with how these subscriptions end up being split between youtube and content creators.
But, should youtube go all out and make ad blockers unusable? Sure, I’ll probably pay. The content on youtube, assuming a fair share to creators, is way more valuable than ten-ish buck a month. I’ll still fight to the end to make ad blocking work though.
atetulo@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I’m a pirate at heart
I enjoy watching YouTube with no ads so I bought premium.
No you’re not. Even people who don’t pirate have enough sense to install an adblocking instead of… paying a subscription fee. Lol.
locuester@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
I mean, I wasn’t joking. Yes I am.
And I have adblock. Used to run a pi hole too but that got annoying.
I’ve been pirating software since the bbs days, pre-internet. Then music during the Napster era, and movies as soon as it was possible.
sederx@programming.dev 8 months ago
its not though. origin for browser, smarttube next for tv and revanced for phone. its really easy
kalkulat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
fair prices Who gets to define what ‘fair’ is? Someone who’ll decide every year that ‘fair’ is 50% more than last year. Ask me how much I’ll pay, accept that number, and guarantee it for 5 years. OR go away and leave me alone.
locuester@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Woah dude. You decide what’s fair. If $0.33 per day isn’t fair to you, then don’t pay it. I personally find $0.33 fair.
I_Comment_On_EVERYTHING@lemmings.world 8 months ago
Seriously, I average 3.5 hours of watch time a day so I am paying roughly 10 cents per hour. That is a phenomenal deal. I can’t think of any other form of entertainment anywhere remotely near that cheap.
kalkulat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I enjoyed watching favorite -old- movies not chopped-up to insert 2 or 3 of 5 minutes of commercials. I quit cable-TV and got my views where I could.
locuester@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Yeah man - the world changes. The pendulum swings. It’s quite the ride eh!?
RubberColby@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Same. I watch YouTube every single day for multiple hours a day. Whether in the background or actively watching. I see the value in paying for a service that I am constantly using. I’m not some YouTube shill. I just personally find it worth the money.