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Re:YouTube Will ‘Frustrate’ Some Users with Ads So They Pay ... by adarsh_thampy on Thursday March 22, 2018 @08:36AM (#16648040)
You are using Adblockers to circumvent the primary means of making money on YouTube while enjoying the services for free. Sooner or later, they will block you from using the application.

"Lacks Advertisement" is not the main point. It's one of the points. Ability to play music in the background is one big advantage.

I am waiting for YouTube Red to come to my country. It's one more subscription to add to my already big list of subscriptions. But for now, I can see the value in it.

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Re:YouTube Will ‘Frustrate’ Some Users with Ads So They Pay ... by CraneWorm on Thursday March 22, 2018 @02:37PM (#16651348)
> [...] "Lacks Advertisement" is not the main point. It's one of the points. Ability to play music in the background is one big advantage.

This is precisely why I don't use YT app on Android. Firefox allowed this by default, now you just need an addon to re-enable the "big feature".

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Re:YouTube Will ‘Frustrate’ Some Users with Ads So They Pay ... by CraneWorm on Thursday March 22, 2018 @12:08PM (#16649832)
> You are using Adblockers to circumvent the primary means of making money [...]

I'm using adblockers to control the way I interact with the content, on my device.

I should perhaps clarify, I don't use YT Android app, only Firefox.

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