I’m never going to pay to see ads in my life. Nope.
Google confirms more ads on your paid YouTube Premium Lite soon
Submitted 16 hours ago by moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.neowin.net/news/google-confirms-more-ads-on-your-paid-youtube-premium-lite-soon/
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sturmblast@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 35 minutes ago
Sadly I do so every week when going to the cinema
sturmblast@lemmy.world 27 minutes ago
I haven’t gone to a movie in like… 10 years probably. Ha…
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
To remove ads subscribe to Youtube Premium Platinum Plutonium and select the Ad-Free! add-on (for only an additional $2.95/mo)*.
*first month price only, increases to $5.95/mo after 30 days **
**with annual subscription; monthly rate $7.95/mo.
Auli@lemmy.ca 14 minutes ago
Or use stube on android tv and recanced on phones. One of the reasons I can’t go to iOS.
InputZero@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
These terms of service can only be updated by GOOGLE at anytime with or without notice. You hearby agree to this term of service and, any and all updates, without review, made by GOOGLE to the terms of service.
nodiratime@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
*By enabling the VIP package in addition, we guarantee to not update the TOS more than once every second.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Easiest methods to ditch Youtube ads:
- PC: Firefox + uBlock Origin
- Mac, option 1: Safari + AdGuard
- Mac, option 2: Firefox + uBlock Origin
- Android, option 1: Youtube ReVanced (FYI: ALL Play Store listings for this are fake; the official site is revanced.app and is the only place to get it)
- Android, option 2: Firefox Mobile + uBlock Origin
- iPhone/iPad: Safari + AdGuard
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Android, option 3 (Better): newpipe from fdroid. 0% algorithmic feed, exclusively show who you’re following, in chronological order
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 27 minutes ago
How does Newpipe work? It feels too good to be free.
AugustWest@lemm.ee 2 hours ago
Yeah, this will work for a while but I think the days have gotta be numbered.
Best long term solution? Leave YouTube.
Luffy879@lemmy.ml 4 hours ago
Youtube ReVanced
Revanced still Relies on G services
Also, Theres this very unknown app Called Freetube for all plattforms or newpipe for Android
Nelots@lemmy.zip 41 minutes ago
I tried Freetube for a while, but it just never works. An actual coin flip each day whether or not anything would load at all. I got so tired of it I just went back to Youtube, as I’ve only ever seen one single ad in my entire time using uBlock Origin on Librewolf.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
Revanced uses microG, which is optional. I also mentioned that these were the easiest methods. But, you’re absolutely right in that there are plenty of other methods to choose from.
hector@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
Mac also has the excellent Orion Browser where you can install uBlock origin
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 2 hours ago
You can also use the Orion browser with Ublock Origin on iPhone.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 5 hours ago
Can I block youtube ads with a transparent proxy like squid ? What about a self-hosted youtube auto-downloading queue list ? I’m fine with .mp4 files !
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I think it is extremely hard because they are served from the same servers (technically, ads are YouTube videos)
And if the logic on the client isn’t removed, it will hang waiting for the ad
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
Can I block youtube ads with a transparent proxy like squid ?
I haven’t tried that, so I’m not entirely sure. I just focused on the easy methods that most people will gravitate towards.
Try it and let us know what you find!
What about a self-hosted youtube auto-downloading queue list ? I’m fine with .mp4 files !
Sounds like
yt-dlp. Lots of people use that to get around ads, and also for data hoarding.
Cris_Color@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Christ, premium light is still fucking 8 dollars a month and you don’t even get rid of ads. The greed is fucking astounding.
I’ll stick to an adblocker, dickheads.
KingJalopy@lemm.ee 15 hours ago
Newpipe is all I have. I signed up for a couple creators patreon to support those I really like. Fuck Google. They are here for the investors bottom line not our shit. But people just want their shit and it perpetuates this behavior. My friend said he pays to support the creators he likes. He supports the giant corporation holding these creators ransom. Just send them money directly. Use new pipe or whatever. Quit supporting this shit and let the whole thing die until we realize there has to be a better way.
Korkki@lemmy.ml 13 hours ago
Why think of the consumer when you have practical monopoly on online video content distribution. If the creators are on youtube so will their audience and vice versa. Where will any of them go if you squeeze?
Scrollone@feddit.it 13 hours ago
Firefox+uBlock Origin on the computer.
ReVanced on my Android phone.
SmartTubeNext on my Android TV.
I haven’t seen a YouTube ad in years.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
As of yesterday YouTube is blocking videos for me. Until that’s solved, I’m just not watching YouTube. Not a big loss.
TwanHE@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I’ve gotten some home page ads on revanced lately, but they’ll surely be patched out soon again
Usually_Lurker@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
This is the way!!
I even subscribed to youtube premium when it came bundled with music streaming as well. back then it was a good deal. They kept raising prices and making the end product worse. Now it just seems obnoxious.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
I truly, truly don’t get it.
Ublock Origin + Firefox still works.
Works just fine.
Been that way for over a decade.
Yes, if you’re more privacy concerned (and there are good reasons to be) you can use some other browser, something like NewPipe, or Invidious…
But I just don’t get why any normie, ever, goes for YT Premium…
Serinus@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Ublock Origin + Firefox
YouTube started detecting and complaining about that yesterday (for me).
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 hours ago
Damn, you pay and still get ads? Does that count as findom? Like it feels very cucky, doesn’t it?
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
It’s like cable TV, pay $100+/mo just to watch ads
oce@jlai.lu 3 hours ago
Also starting to spread on the cheapest plans of streaming services like Prime and Netflix.
grandma@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
I would actually pay for YT premium if it was reasonably priced and I think there are many like me. Why are they shooting themselves in the foot?
madcaesar@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I’ll never pay for until until 1. It’s reasonably priced, 2. Downvotes are returned and 3 sponsor block is integrated into the app.
Auli@lemmy.ca 13 minutes ago
Sponsor block is not going to be included as those are not controlled by YouTube. They are the Chanel’s sponsorship.
TootTootComingThru@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I actually paid for it for a bit after I got a few months free with a Pixel a while ago. And it was pretty good and reasonably priced.
Then they started removing features (no dislike bar for you lol) and raising the price and I’m never giving them a single goddamn cent or not using a block on their shit.
I’ve since cancelled and transitioned from workspace or whatever they call it now and use Revanced, ublock origin, etc. They actually had my money and they fucked it. Never again. Get fucked, Google and the shit huffing execs in charge of it.
It’s never enough for these people. They want all of your money and they won’t stop until they have it. Fucking blood suckers.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
If you use yt music and watch YouTube as your main entertainment, it’s well worth it imo.
With that said, I’ve been degoogling and this is probably the one I won’t be able to break.
PixiePoop@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 minutes ago
Same here. YT is the only Google owned service I still use. I personally don’t mind the cost, since I watch a lot and wish to support the people that make the content. I would love a proper alternative but I don’t see that happen any time soon.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Ironic that just yesterday I was getting blocked on youtube telling me that adblocking was illegal/against tos/whatever and that if i didnt want Ads I could subscribe to Youtube Premium… only now to announce ads on premium.
What a fucking shithole company.
skip0110@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
Adblock/revanced are working. Google’s ad revenue is getting squeezed and so they need to shoehorn more ads everywhere to get the same revenue levels, since so many people never see the ads.
Keep using them. You’re making business really difficult for scummy Google.
grozzle@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Adblock, maybe a noticeable fraction on desktop, but Revanced users are within a rounding error of the total users, surely?
I feel like both populations are now dwarfed by the numbers watching YT on their TV’s built-in apps, which throw demented amounts of ads at you.
TheFriar@lemm.ee 5 hours ago
I’m dating this person and we were watching YT and she didn’t have any ad blocker up and I was fucking blown away
skip0110@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
The $ revenue share to creators per video view has dropped, even though the percentage of Google’s ad revenue shared with the creator has remained the same. So to me this means Google is earning less per video view. (That could also be just a result of the ad market in general collapsing, eg advertisers just pay less)
Also, Google has added new requirements to get the video share. You need to post new videos at a regular cadence, or they kick you out–even if your old videos are still getting views. (began being enforced in 2023, I think). Its another way they can keep their revenue numbers looking OK by cutting a cost associated with older videos.
Google has also escalated their efforts to make it more difficult to view content without also viewing the ads.
So maybe its wishful thinking, but I think they are feeling the squeeze.
Unfortunately unlike the reddit or twitter situations its significantly harder to accumulate enough fresh video content to attract the views necessary to get the ball rolling and make a shift away from YouTube.
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 5 hours ago
Revanced users are within a rounding error of the total users, surely?
Some of us use NewPipe. 🤷♂️
propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe 16 hours ago
It will literally never end.
This is why anyone who was excusing advertising at all is part of the problem and should be seen as a useful idiot.
Stop lowering your standards so people richer than you can be even richer.
ElectricWaterfall@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
If they could they would only show you ads and charge you for the pleasure.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
There’s one in the article comments. Talks about getting the material “dishonestly” and violating the TOS.
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Cable TV providers in the 70s: “No commercials when you pay for our services!”
Cable TV providers in the early 80s: “Ok, we actually meant no commercials on premium channels, but local channels will, and it’s not our fault.”
Cable TV providers in the late 80s: “Fine. What we meant was no commercials on movie channels.”
Cable TV providers in the 90s: “Uhm, so only on-demand shows will be commercial free.”
veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
So what we need is a new disruptive media type that puts is on the head-end of the cycle again?
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Nah. We need to hack the planet.
Lucky_777@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Probably 10 years until AR starts this cycle over.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
When options like uBlock and FreeTube no longer block ads, I’ll stop watching YouTube. They’ll never get a cent out of me.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
if ublock origin stops working, you can erase your youtube cookies or wait a few hours for a ublock origin update to work around it.
ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 9 hours ago
wtf is premium lite?!!? Lmao
affiliate@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
it’s the opposite of Economy Plus
ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 6 hours ago
Oh so you pay to be abused, gotcha.
letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
freetube still works great! no ads, and an easy to use interface.
9point6@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Genuinely though, the point of YouTube premium is to get rid of the ads…
We seem to be making cable TV again where you pay a premium for the privilege of being advertised to
Buelldozer@lemmy.today 5 hours ago
YT Premium has no ads. YT Lite does, just fewer of them (supposedly).
IronKrill@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
YouTube Premium Lite is Premium, it’s in the name. I presume the OP is saying the only reason people buy Premium is to be rid of ads, therefore Lite is pointless.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
YouTube already had too many ads, and I stopped using as a result. That was several months ago. I guess I’ll just have to stop using it even harder.
releaseTheTomatoes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
And with that I can confirm I will continue to use adblock.
Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 hours ago
Had a “youtube doesnt allow adblock” pop up yesterday, set up freetube. No login required, even has a subscription import tool. So far so great.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Had a “youtube doesnt allow adblock” pop up yesterday
I haven’t run into that on any of my devices yet… 🤞🤞
What were you using before?
Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
Ublock with firefox. Wasn’t able to set up a filter for the popup, didn’t try very hard though.
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 5 hours ago
Had my first ones yesterday too.
I’ll use FreeTube if I have to, though I don’t quite like the UI, but cleaning the cache seems to have done the trick for now.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Youtube has ads?
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 11 hours ago
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
BertramDitore@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Or, and hear me out: just install a browser plugin and forget ads exist.
These companies don’t respect us, so I don’t feel the need to respect them by allowing them to force their meaningless bullshit down my throat.
I don’t use it that much, but you better believe if I go to YouTube to watch a video, that video is the only thing I’m watching.
asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 15 hours ago
This ain’t reddit. You can freely name extension names here.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Oh I know, I’ve been here for years despite the age of my account. I just migrated from lemm.ee
I tend not to like to name these types of extensions because more exposure puts them at risk, and they’re super easy to find anyway.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Firefox + ublock origin + sponsorblock and I haven’t seen an ad on youtube in all the years since I started that combo.
Scrollone@feddit.it 13 hours ago
Don’t forget about ReVanced and SmartTubeNext (for smart TVs)
IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 13 hours ago
Yesterday evening I got a pop-up that I should disable ublock from youtube. Refreshing page got rid of that but apparently it’s time for me to run some updates on this thing. I’ve seen that few times, google changes something and as I’m a bit lazy to run updates my system sometimes gives the pop up.
accideath@feddit.org 14 hours ago
There are people out there Who don’t watch YouTube on their PC. Can’t install a browser plugin on my TV.
breecher@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Well, you shouldn’t watch smart tv anyway. Shut off that slop and use your tv as a dumb tv through a computer. The other way is just asking to be exploited.
Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
They’re trying to block adblockers again, it seems. I got the “adblockers are not allowed” popup again recently.
HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Oh no… Anyways,
* Adds a filter for the pop-up*
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
WTF is Premium Lite?
vga@sopuli.xyz 12 hours ago
Youtube is telling me daily that they’ll soon disable my youtube because I have an ad blocker. Still waiting for it to actually happen.
sexy_peach@feddit.org 14 hours ago
Lul I have uBlock origin and no ads for free
nucleative@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I think I’m understanding the playbook here.
Eventually YouTube will cost 89.99 a month and also be full of ads.
Then they will be disrupted by some startup company that will have to fight uphill for search and bandwidth access through Google’s monopolistic front door.
Years later a court case will be decided and the new guy will be up and running a free service with a few ads or 1.99 a month for no ads!
And then we get to go through it all again.
WindyRebel@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Common People, Black Mirror Season 7
antithetical@lemmy.deedium.nl 10 hours ago
It’s a sad state of affairs. I would pay for youtube in a heartbeat if it wasn’t connected to the biggest spyware company in the world. But now, even while paying you still get ads and they still track you. The people working at Alphabet are bad and should feel bad.
tonytins@pawb.social 16 hours ago
This is literately the equivalent of cable.
Maverick604@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
I tried watching a 30 minute video on YouTube the other day and it injected ads every 1 minute for the entire video. Fuck Google. Fuck YouTube. Fuck Alphabet.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 13 hours ago
It feels insane to me that you’re paying and you still get ads. I fucking refuse to do that
lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 18 minutes ago
I’m self-hosting Invidious… I get a nice YouTube experience without ever visiting YouTube.