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[-] vhstape@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 hours ago

That’s quite the oxymoron

[-] vinyl@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago

9to5GaggingOnGooglesBalls

[-] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 day ago

I'm holding out for Premium Lite Pro.

[-] huquad@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago

Now with ads!

Nah, you better wait. I've heard that Youtube 2 is almost out.

[-] timroerstroem@feddit.dk 9 points 1 day ago

I think that's called grayjay.

[-] LaggyKar@programming.dev 22 points 1 day ago

Still doesn't allow background playback though, so it's useless to me

[-] Slaxis@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 day ago

And that’s why I sideload a modified YouTube that includes ad blockers, sponsor segment skipping and background playback, among other things.

[-] overload@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

I won't pay for YouTube almost solely because Revanced is such a better experience than YT could be. They cannot bundle in Sponsor block without an outrage.

[-] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

I don't disagree, but Premium does let you skip over frequently skipped sections.

[-] overload@sopuli.xyz 1 points 18 hours ago

Oh I didn't know that. That admittedly changes things somewhat. Google still makes enough money from me though.

[-] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Try Grayjay. It supports background playback.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So a way to remove ads at the cost of $ and better tracking. Instead, I'll stick with piped, greyjay, ublock, etc and make it harder to track me and save the $.

Fuck Google.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have no problem paying, just let me use my app of choice, without ads, and don't track me. If YouTube did that, I'd be a paying customer instead of a leech. I pay for Nebula and watch on Grayjay, so I do put my money where my mouth is.

[-] Bali@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I feel the battle will get harder for extractor like NewPipe. I really hope NewPipe will always work despite Google constantly changing their YouTube code.

[-] WiseWoodchuck@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

I've always wondered why Google doesn't include a YouTube subscription with YouTube TV. They charge enough for it already...

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 19 hours ago

Why would the actively make search worse to try and drive engagement time?

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago

Because you haven't approached the situation with the mindset of a careless greedy fuck.

[-] Gormadt 15 points 1 day ago

Because why make less money when you can make more money

[-] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Didn't they already have this before but removed it? At least in my country a "lite"-variant was available but they removed it like last year.

[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Who still uses Google products?!?

[-] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

They've needed this for a long time.

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