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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by tired-turtle on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:26AM (#35897946)
You also get YouTube Music, which is not as great as Spotify, but nonetheless worth something.

In fact, that’s the primary reason everyone I know who has YouTube Premium subscribes: music steaming + ad-free YouTube.

That needs to be factored into your calculation, no?

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by plorkyeran on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:42AM (#35898082)
No, a bundled second thing that I won't use is worth $0 and so does not have to be factored in.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by Deestan on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:25AM (#35898916)
It's even worse, as they actively degrade the features you use.

With movies and music in the mix, international licensing agreements needs to be respected.

In short, I paid for YouTube premium to avoid ads. Then I travelled to another country where YouTube didn't have licensing rights for all of their movies and music, so my premium account was just disabled completely and I got ads again.

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by michaelbrooks on Thursday May 11, 2023 @04:00AM (#35899180)
You can fix that with a VPN service, or by creating your own VPN network. You could buy a Digital Ocean droplet in your location and connect to that like a VPN.

https://www.digitalocean.com/solutions/vpn

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by peoplefromibiza on Thursday May 11, 2023 @04:33AM (#35899421)
1 - this is not a solution, it's a workaround. an adblocker solves the issue much better

2 - DO vpns are blocked (almost) everywhere

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by o1y32 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @06:28AM (#35900226)
Are you asking people to pay additional money to a third party service so that they can continue to use a service they have already paid for and should be fixed by that service provider in the first place? Don't you think this is ridiculous?
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by DirkH on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:18PM (#35920939)
Genuinely curious: if you bought YT premium mainly to block ads, why not just use Ublock Origin along with something like NextDNS?
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by rocqua on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:45AM (#35898103)
I don't need youtube music and am lucky enough to have youtube premium lite available at 6€. That just eliminates ads for half the price.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by chaostheory on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:10AM (#35898308)
being forced to pay for YouTube music is one of the reasons I ended my YouTube premium subscription years a while back
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by alpaca128 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:26AM (#35898423)
Great, then it shouldn't be a problem to offer a cheaper price for people who only want YouTube, right?
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by Mindwipe on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:58AM (#35899158)
After you pay for the music rights for a subscription video service the cost base is identical. As you could use YouTube as a music streaming replacement service (and literally millions of people do) then the labels charge for the same license.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by blowfish721 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @05:12AM (#35899698)
At least in Sweden they are offering Youtube Premium lite which is just ad-free Youtube (no Youtube Music)for about $6/month.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by scottshambaugh on Thursday May 11, 2023 @09:31AM (#35901755)
That’s about the level I would pay for the service, a major bummer that lite isn’t available in the US.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by carlosjobim on Saturday May 13, 2023 @08:37AM (#35927779)
No, if they introduced this tomorrow you still wouldn't pay. Don't kid yourself.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by ben_w on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:11AM (#35898802)
> That needs to be factored into your calculation, no?

Only if I get to pay for a lifetime of access with a hand-drawn picture of a seven-legged spider.

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by lelanthran on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:28AM (#35898943)
I remember that being hilarious. Do you have a link to it?
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by ben_w on Thursday May 11, 2023 @05:03AM (#35899632)
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/paying-bills-with-spid...

and

https://youtu.be/2IivXENMiI8

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