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Same, the pricing and experience was similar but ad free YouTube was enough of an incentive to get me to swap
"ad-free youtube"
Weird, my YouTube is always ad free, and I can skip sponsored content. Without paying a cent.
Ad blockers and sponsor block for desktop, and a revanced modified version of the youtube app and I haven't seen a YouTube ad in several years.
Sure, I do this too, as well as pay for YouTube Premium, bc some of that goes back to the creators I watch every day 🤷♀️
The ones that are worth it and need support have their own ways to donate money to them, usually through a patron-like service.
$1/mo directly does a lot more than paying a company that is actively working on a late stage capitalism surveillance state.
Sure, but I don't have endless cash to subscribe to everyone's patreons, etc. So I go this way, or, I just don't contribute at all, because it's financially not feasible for me to do that.
Same, I might get YouTube premium tho to support the creators a bit
I'd rather give money more directly to content creators that deserve it. If they actually care, they'll have ways to do so. I support a few on patreon or similar service for about $5/mo and that goes a lot further than handing youtube the money. Honestly at this point, "supporting creators" is just an excuse.
That was my thought before I stopped giving money to American companies. Another huge perk was the ability to add YouTube videos to music playlists for those odd songs that were never officially published.
A program like Musify scrapes the audio from YouTube videos. Lets you enjoy the music and availability without paying Googles
I use an alternate frontend to YouTube - PipePipe, and I see no ads and can listen to the audio with my phone locked.
I also use a FOSS music app called Musify that scrapes the audio off of YouTube videos. I can download the audio too.
Point is, don't give Google money if you don't have to!