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[–] 956@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I have a reminder to cancel before the increase. It was, imo, a good deal for no ads, bolstered creator support in YT (Premium views were worth more than free, iirc), and to get YT Music, which I liked more than Spotify.

For $16/mo, I'll set up ad-free options for YT and I'll figure something out for music.

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago (20 children)

Tidal is quite good for music. The selection is missing stuff at times, but that usually doesn't last long since I'm pretty sure that only happens when there's some kind of contract renegotiation or something.

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[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

It may seem unthinkable, believe me, it is not.

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Lol, the poor suckers who ever paid for premium in the first place.

[–] bugieman@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can someone in this thread tell me how to get an ad blocker on my tv?

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[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Lol haven't paid for their services and still enjoying premium. Suck it Google.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

Thats a lot of money.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Anyone know how to make YouTube ad free on an LG TV?

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[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Do yall even adblocker? I’ve not seen a yt ad in years.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Many people use it on TVs or phones and tablets, not computers. Which makes ad blocking harder or impossible.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Android tv has an app called smart tube next which blocks ads on yt. No idea about iOS though. Though not entirely convenient, you could use Orion browser with ublock origin installed

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

Firetv it works. But can't get it on Roku. But again, most people have no clue about that.

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[–] SonicDiarrhea@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I do! One of my friends added me to his plan last year to watch football, and the only benefit I can see is the higher bitrates offered. The plain 1080p option without a plan looks like ass.

Not defending the cost of youtube premium (I don't even buy it, myself). It's just a little extra thing I've noticed after the use of ublock.

However, I think I have seen a Firefox extension to help with bitrates, recently...

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

ad block just pauses while ads play unseen. better than paying for skips >.> amazon

[–] FreddyNO@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Why do people give their money to google? Just use adblock

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

I remember when they promised that anyone who paid for YouTube Red would be allowed to pay for YouTube Premium for the same price until the sun explodes.

And then they scrapped it.

It wasn't a surprise. But I was disappointed.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

"unthinkable"???

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