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Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain by catalogia on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @03:28PM (#23481040)
> I don't understand why more people don't pay for YT premium considering how much content is on there.

None of the channels I care for gate their content like that. If I want to support a content creator, I can do that by letting patreon or a merchandise tshirt company take a cut, rather than giving that cut to google.

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Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain by bllguo on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @05:08PM (#23482133)
without google you'd likely never have even been aware of the creator in question. why is that a valueless service to you?
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Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain by catalogia on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @06:22PM (#23482878)
Since Google has incredible amounts of money already and are therefore not imperiled by my refusal to given them even more money, the relevant question is why I should give them more money. There is no rational reason for me to do so.
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