Grayjay be like
I use New Pipe for android and Freetube for desktop. I have all the YouTube premium features at $0 cost and no ads hehe
I haven’t been able to use new pipe since a few months back, did they fix it?
My NewPipe hasn’t broken for a significant time in quite a while, it’s good to go in my experience
I use revanced, it’s good
A/b testing or code error?
With Alphabet, I treat anything related to delivering more ads as intentional.
Or sometimes it doesn’t let me play YouTube in a minimized floating way. Seems to be if I’ve been going back and forth between horizontal and vertical vids. Both normally allow floating minimized play but something about how they interact often leads me to having to force close the app, which loses me the custom queue I’ve been constructing. If the official solution is buggy…
The second i see an ad in cancelling my subscription
You do see ads, you just don’t realize it. There are multiple 1-2 minute videos on your feed usually with the title “Introducing [insert product]” and these are product placements that YouTube is very well aware of. They also had the audacity to tell me that these are ads but they don’t “interfere” with me watching videos. So, they are injecting ads into premium subscriber feeds already. Disgusting company.
That’s true.
I can skip those at least. And do with sponsorblock
Same.
This is normal, nothing to see here… except these wonderful ads!! - YouTube
Good, I hope they raise pricing too and pay creators even less. Make it hurt. It’s the only language users understand apparently.
u/Dangerous-Pizza7054 from the article,
Seems like the user tracking “special promotion” overrides the premium. They don’t even say whether it’s expected or not. But my take away is that paying for premium may or may not show you ads, but you are definitely tracked and harvested for data. (Maybe even more so, since, well, you are more valuable to them.)
Well yes, you didn’t get first ads. But what about second ads?
I got the same Sunday banner in the middle of the screen similar to where shorts show up. Never in my life have I watched or cared for American football. Clearly a waste of money for the advertising company since I just closed it by pressing the x same as shorts on desktop.
“With YouTube Premium, enjoy ad-free access, downloads, and background play on YouTube and YouTube Music.”
In Australia, if they reneg on this headline promise, doesn’t matter what’s in the fine print, this would be refundable under Australian Consumer Law (not a lawyer).
What bullshit, and how silly on their part, since it’s just so much more convenient to block ads instead of paying
That has been my specific issue with paying for any Google product always. I understand when I am using a product for free that I am not necessarily the customer and that money has to be made off of me or the users more generally somehow. That’s “fine” (ish, not really, but that has more to do with issues of security than anything).
However when I pay for a product or service, I want to now be the customer and I want to be in control of my data and have the company cater to me. If, when paying for a Google service, there was some legally relevant things in place that insured I was no longer being tracked and used to generate revenue via third parties I would gladly pay. Probably more than they are charging now, but instead they want to have it both ways which is just not OK with me.
Wait, I haven’t seen ads on YouTube Premium (yet), and I’m just now realizing this could very likely be because Google knows my wife and I don’t watch sports.
ublock is cheaper and actually works
At least a subscription includes YouTube music? Isn’t that interesting and relevant.
That part of the support email almost made me puke of how fucking awful it was. “Why complain about ads when you get YouTube Music for free by paying us money”
I would cancel that subscription SOOO FAST.
I’d argue that YTMusic is a superior product to YT, but both put together aren’t worth anywhere near the cost. You can get a premium TV/Movie service for that price with family access.
We’ve GOT A PAYERR OVER HEREEEEE!!!
So premium users put their data on a pedestal for Google? That’s fun
That’s generally; if you have an account, you are easier to track for them.
Grayjay on Android has been working damn near flawlessly for me. No clue if the parent company is to be trusted at this point or not- but I cannot argue with the results.
I’ve been using thus too. Works great.
Needs an ATV app.
I’d never heard of FUTO. It’s been around for a year and I can find so little information.
I know Louis Rossman is involved. I don’t agree with some of his views, but as far as tech freedom goes he seems to have the right idea.
Were you able to import your subscriptions? I haven’t been able to and that’s all that’s keeping me on Premium
Yeah, logging in pulled across everything, as far as I can tell. Subscriptions included!
I much prefer Newpipe, which has been amazing so far.
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I just can’t take an article complaining about ads seriously when it’s that peppered with ads …
They are “complaining” (more like reporting) about ads for people who paid to not have any.
Do you have a subscription with this media company?
What ads? (User without premium, but proper browser and adblocker)
What I find the most hilarious is that on a rooted Android phone there is an app that hooks into the YouTube app and eliminates adds in it. Even when my PC with Firefox and UBlock get temporarily blocked in the battle between Google and ad blockers my phone using the standard app still doesn’t have adds.
I don’t know something about it is very satisfying to me.
Just use Grayjay.
Or if not that amazing app, the Revanced app.
Do you mind sharing the name of the app please?
Although I always use NewPipe / Tubular and Revanced as a backup solution.
It’s an LSposed/XPosed based app called YouTube Adaway. It also enables background playback.
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ReVanced works without rooting the phone
Firebox mobile + unlock origin extension + YouTube.com.
You get everything that YouTube premium can offer. Including screen off play.
On mobile you can use ReVanced.
Don’t you still have to patch it and repack it every update?
personaldnsfilter + the Youtube app. Fuck ads.
One of my biggest issues with the ads is that they’re mostly scams. I just get ads for shit I know isn’t real
I guess they are premium ads?
this but unironically
advertisers paid a premium
Ad companies have the new subscription tier of Premium Buster, so now you have to upgrade to Premium Buster Buster
You can’t triple stamp a double stamp, you can’t triple stamp a double stamp!
I love seeing a Big Hit reference. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who’s ever seen that movie.
Good one! 🤣
Just surf the seas.
Lol, entirely unnecessary to watch YouTube.
explain your self
Firefox and ublock
