I feel like youtube is losing sight of why users are paying for the service then.

To me, personally, youtube is useful enough that I will keep paying to remove ads entirely (in combination with ublock). That being said, there will come a time when the value proposition is no longer balanced. Then I will stop paying, and probably stop using it as well.

But as always with Google, I question whether their motive is to kill another service. They're very competent at that specific thing.

remember when paying removed ads? crazy i know. no subs ever.

I've long said to myself, the day revanced, smarttube and adblockers stop working is the day I stop browsing YT.

I watched my son showing me something the other day, he can't yet login via revanced so still has ads, what a shit show.

I asked him how he copes with all the ads, he said I'm dumb to them now I just ignore it. But still coming from zero ads to that was a very jarring experience.

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?

Wait. I pay for YouTube with my time, the most important resource I have access to. There’s a level where you pay money and STILL SEE ADS?

How about we collectively say fuck youtube and move content to Odysee or something else?

I'm fine with uBlock, but wouldn't it be better if we just kill alphabet progressively? I'm already out Gsuite (nextcloud), gmail (own server), search (duckduckgo), chrome (firefox), I dont even link my phone to a gmail account. i just need to get ride of yt.

Revanced, newpipe, grayjay, it's all I need thank you.

The ads will continue until morale improves.

Common People, Black Mirror Season 7

I'd love to see a transition to other platforms like Nebula. As users it would be nice to start choosing by principles too.

Wait so you pay for premium and still get ads?

Problem solved! I don't need to think about this premium stuff any more. Recently, I've been playing with the idea of paying for premium, but that's no longer the case. Specifically, the family pack is the one that kinda made some limited sense in the past. I can see the kind of game Google is playing, and I'm not planning to participate.

I'm self-hosting Invidious... I get a nice, free YouTube experience without ever visiting YouTube.

Would you like to pay us and have ads?

• Google

Firefox and UBlock origine.

Y’all pay for YouTube?

Why has no one heard of FREETUBE!?!?!?

No time like the present to begin creating a European alternative, given the geopolitics of the times.

Oh fuck odd Google. Literally the only reason I was paying for your crap videos is so I could play music on my TV uninterrupted.