Comment on Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month

FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Gestrid@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I meant in terms of blocking ads. I realize that you still can’t play youtube videos and switch apps.

  Yeah, good thing ReVanced gives is that instead.

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• sebinspace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I use it to listen to things while I drive without having to listen to ads or keep my phone’s screen on. The music is a bonus, but I do quite miss Google Play Music

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• okamiueru@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Paying for a service you enjoy is surely not pointless?

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  • BeezKnuts@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It is when a free alternative which offers more features and is easier to set up exists.

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    • okamiueru@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There are definitely better front-end alternatives to YouTube. But… they contribute nothing to the people who make the content that you want to use those front-ends for. I pay for YouTube premium, but I still sometimes use other methods for consuming it. So, take this for what it’s worth: by all means, use the free alternatives, etc. But the whole “don’t pay for it if it is free” is shortsighted.

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• sheilzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I realize that you still can’t play youtube videos and switch apps

  You can do that with ReVanced though!

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• HalfJack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Does this work on mobile? I only pay for premium to get rid of ads and to allow the video to keep playing when I use other apps.

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  • Bigmouse@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you have android, you might wanna check out ReVanced. I cant imagine youtube without it

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  • DirigibleMarsupial@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You can block the YouTube ads in Firefox for Android by using the free uBlock Origin add-on.

    Or if you want to block even more annoying things, like sponsored segments / paid promotions or even off-topic sections (using highly customisable options) and also add additional features, like being able to play the audio while the screen is off and playing YouTube in a mini window, you can get the free Android app YouTube ReVanced.

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  • lunicoDee@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It works on firefox

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