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You should pay off you don't like the ads.
YT + Music is a fantastic value.
Queue a line of people screaming it's trash while not being able to get over their addiction of the service.
Nah, don't pay Google with money or data. They already have enough.
Nah, I don't like ads. Too much work to play cat and mouse over ad blockers.
I have installed uBlockOrigin once and have literally not done any configuring since then. Not a really good cat it seems.
I will pay only when Google ensure that my data will not be used for any type of advertising or AI training (this obviously includes selling to third parties). Months ago I read around, I don't know if it's true, that even those with a premium account will see ads. If that proves true, it means I will never make the subscription. It's pretty simple.
Then deal with the ads 🤷♂️
Or just use FreeTube lol
Im with you on this. Ive had premium youtube since it was google music and I could upload my own mp3 collection. It is well worth the cost.
Agree. I love my ad blockers and 🏴☠️ but I happily pay for YouTube because it's given me so much over the years