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[-] Veraxus@kbin.social 61 points 1 year ago

I actually paid for Reddit Premium about as long as I remember it being around. I cancelled the instant they announced the intent to paywall and censor the API.

I’m generally fine with paying for services I use and enjoy, if I consider the price reasonable. I spent a lot of time on Reddit and considered it reasonable for avoiding ads.

They’ll never see a cent from me again, not from ad revenue or otherwise. I blocked Reddit’s URLs on my PiHole just to be sure.

[-] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I subscribed to Youtube Premium because of how much I actually use it in my day to day life.

It's the only regular subscription I have, only because I use it across multiple platforms and away from home.

But the price hike they just announced is unjustified, especially when they KEEP TAKING DOWN MY FAVORITE CREATORS VIDEOS. Poor Speedo and David Firth.

*Edits for spelling, I'm pissed off and piss drunk

[-] RisingSwell@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I also got YouTube premium, felt a bit rude to spend tens of thousands of hours without paying a cent.

My main issue is demonitising the videos also stops premium revenue, which is a bit dumb. Like sure I get removing ad revenues, but if I'm a paying customer and want a share of my cost to go to whoever I'm watching, it should just do that.

[-] CaptObvious@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

This is why I’ll never pay for Premium, but I’ll cheerfully join a creator’s Patreon or other direct subscription if I really enjoy their channel.

[-] srwax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

There was a workaround to signuo for YouTube premium using a VPN to turkey. It makes it $3 a month. Maybe it's 5 now with the price hike, idk. Not sure if it still works or not though

[-] Braysl@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah I've had YouTube premium for a long time, and I don't mind paying for it, but the fact half the people I follow are getting copyright claimed (unfairly) or taken down is really a huge bummer. It's been hitting the true crime & film review communities particularly hard. I'm hoping more of my fave creators start using Odyssee or rumble because I don't really like supporting a platform who treats their creators like shit.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What are the benefits to YouTube Premium? I just click off the ad, knee jerk reaction. AdBlock for YouTube make my experience pretty happy.

I do like laying in bed with my gf and watching Omletto videos and the like. Not sure how Premium would help.

[-] CaptObvious@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Where can I find a list of all Reddit URLs? I’m hosts blocking them on my laptop (since I also use it outside my home network).

[-] Matcraftou@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

if you block reddit.com and redd.it

you'll be fiine

[-] CaptObvious@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Got it. Thanks.

[-] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I love that Unlock Origin shows "0" instead of "146" blocked domains while scrolling Lemmy as opposed to Reddit

[-] TheGreatFox@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Mine now has a "2" on lemmy.world due to blocking cloudflareinsights. The cost of DDOS protection I suppose.

[-] itsdavetho@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Small price to pay 🫡

[-] iwasborninafactory@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

I remember when reddit also used to show 0, then it was one ad, people lost their shit, and reddit said don't worry, it's just one.

Side note: I never cared about ads on reddit. I cared about the loss of down votes, their treatment of the RES folks, their shitty app, their shitty hosting, etc.

But this raises the bigger issue, how do we pay for this? I'm on kbin, I have trust issues with money, but nobody is even asking for money low key Wikipedia style.

[-] Tygr@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Makes sense. The websites Reddit loves to send traffic to are massive ad farms.

[-] CaptObvious@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Dropping Reddit was the only change? This is insane.

[-] itsdavetho@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yep my browsing habits have not changed at all other wise lol

[-] CaptObvious@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Wow. Just wow.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

He gets us.

But he doesn't get you anymore. Cheers.

[-] codenul@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Similar story for me as well. Using RiF, the built in tracker for my phone dropped immediately after June 30th.

[-] loobkoob@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago
[-] mrhenry77@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I never saw all these ads before because I was using Apollo, but then having to use the vanilla reddit app with tons of ads.. Nope

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