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Re:Some Pirate Sites Received More Visitors After Being Blocked by tmtvl on Friday October 27, 2023 @08:27AM (#38037549)
Pretty long I'd guess, seeing as you can just put down €7 for a month of ad-free viewing.
Re:Some Pirate Sites Received More Visitors After Being Blocked by polygamous_bat on Friday October 27, 2023 @08:35AM (#38037619)
And Netflix for another 20, and Disney plus for another 20, and peacock for another 20, and another 20 for the BigCo CEO retirement fund, and voila!
Re:Some Pirate Sites Received More Visitors After Being Blocked by tmtvl on Friday October 27, 2023 @10:56AM (#38039313)
Why do you need Netflix and Disney and YT at the same time? How much free time do you have in a month?
Re:Some Pirate Sites Received More Visitors After Being Blocked by edgineer on Friday October 27, 2023 @08:33AM (#38037605)
It's already happening. Why sign up for yet another subscription service to see that one members-only video?
Re:Some Pirate Sites Received More Visitors After Being Blocked by tmtvl on Friday October 27, 2023 @10:55AM (#38039289)
What do you mean "that one members-only video"? I'm saying that with Premium Lite (which is 7EUR) you can watch videos ad-free for a month on YT. For people who care about not seeing ads it seems like a decent deal. Much better than Twitch where it's 5EUR per channel you subscribe to, which means if you want to watch videos from more than 1 creator ad-free it's already a better deal.

And people who don't feel like paying 7EUR/month can choose to either:

A) Just watch the ads, or

B) Build up a backlog and then binge it all in a month.

Re:Some Pirate Sites Received More Visitors After Being Blocked by wkat4242 on Friday October 27, 2023 @08:52AM (#38037760)
That's a lot of money IMO especially if you don't use it that much. I cancelled my Spotify too as I would use 2-5 hours a month and €11 is not worth it.
Re:Some Pirate Sites Received More Visitors After Being Blocked by tmtvl on Friday October 27, 2023 @10:58AM (#38039343)
If you don't use it that much you can just build up a backlog, then get 1 month of ad-free viewing and binge it. Though if you don't use it that much you probably won't be bothered that much by the ads anyway.
Re:Some Pirate Sites Received More Visitors After Being Blocked by Moldoteck on Friday October 27, 2023 @08:52AM (#38037767)
That's now, but as we know, prices tend to increase. Netflix was what? 5-10 usd in the past?