How would I go about doing the same?
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aksdb@feddit.de 10 months ago
I got fed up with this shit and invested a bit of time into getting a working Premium Family plan through a cheap country (Ukraine is about $4 per month). I invited my whole family (parents included) so essentially 6 people have an ad-free YouTube now for less than $1 each (per month). I assume that’s still less than what they have gotten by serving us a shit ton of ads. And I am rid of that cat and mouse game for a while.
rodkaroma117@lemmy.world 10 months ago
aksdb@feddit.de 10 months ago
As others said: VPN. Ukraine seems to work good currently, since the Credit Card address isn’t validated. Cheaper countries like India or Turkey now check if the CC you use is from that country. That is a bit more complicated to pull off, so that wasn’t worth it for me.
MaXsteri@lemmy.world 10 months ago
VPN to the country of your choice, then hit the sign up page for the service your interested in.
bcngooner@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I guess they made an account via VPN?
Polar@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Love how Lemmy downvotes anyone who pays for anything. Such a great place for discussion! Definitely no echo chamber here.
jack@monero.town 10 months ago
Should we start legitimizing garbage?
Engywuck@lemm.ee 10 months ago
If you consider YouTube as garbage, then it would be a no-brainer to just stop using it, instead of complaining about ads, right? And no, I couldn’t care less. I use YT maybe twice per year. It could go offline tomorros, as far as I am concerned.
Polar@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Having a discussion about paying for things isn’t garbage. You’re just poor and salty.
jack@monero.town 10 months ago
Lol
aksdb@feddit.de 10 months ago
For the service they offer (the hosting basically) I am actually willing to pay quite a bit. But what they typically ask for (about €15 for a single account) that’s just not worth it, given that YouTube isn’t the producer of the content they serve. Music might be a bit more complicated thanks to the fucking idiotic way how licensing around that works. Anyway: nothing of that excuses the excessive use of ads they serve nowadays.