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Re:YouTube ads in Safari: you see them now, will you see the... by cpeterso on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @05:49PM (#27214961)
I watch YouTube on my TV and the ads are annoying enough that I actually looked into subscribing to YouTube Premium to make the ads go away (and better support the content creators I follow). But I'm not ready to pay YouTube $12/month just to make ads go away. I would probably pay $5/month. Netflix's basic plan only costs $9/month.
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Re:YouTube ads in Safari: you see them now, will you see the... by a1369209993 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @12:21AM (#27217348)
> I actually looked into subscribing to YouTube Premium to make the ads go away

Please don't; this gives money to (and thus rewards and encourages) advertisers; use something like http://youtube-dl.org/ instead.

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Re:YouTube ads in Safari: you see them now, will you see the... by luma on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @07:43PM (#27215814)
YT Premium also includes YT music, and the creators you want to support get extra from Google when Premium users subscribe. For me, it’s worth the price and has almost entirely replaced TV for me (still need my F1 races...)
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Re:YouTube ads in Safari: you see them now, will you see the... by wooger on Thursday May 20, 2021 @07:39AM (#27219835)
A totally unrelated service that you have to pay for ( and more expensive than rivals) is not a positive.
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Re:YouTube ads in Safari: you see them now, will you see the... by shultays on Thursday May 20, 2021 @08:48AM (#27220420)
I am using https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext and it is pretty good.
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Re:YouTube ads in Safari: you see them now, will you see the... by benhurmarcel on Thursday May 20, 2021 @05:26AM (#27219121)
The price of Youtube Premium is high because it's bundled with a music subscription. That's a shame and is also the reason I don't subscribe.
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Re:YouTube ads in Safari: you see them now, will you see the... by wooger on Thursday May 20, 2021 @07:37AM (#27219821)
Me too.

And the fact that even with premium, PiP on iOS is still deliberately broken on web & in their app.

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