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    That’s not an ad. That’s a high quality premium product reminder. To remove these reminders please subscribe to YouTube Premium Plus.

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    Ublock on Firefox> premium, they will always try to advertise even if you pay unfortunately

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          Or you can use Downloader if you use an Amazon TV device. (Screw you Google for removing Downloader)

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            I used to love to play around with my FireStick until Amazon locked it down. Then I got a Chromecast I loved until Googled locked it down. I’ve come to the conclusion that the best Media center is just an old Linux computer attached to a TV the way God intended

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        Smarttube next is for Android TV. Works very well. Sometimes you do need to update (can be done in-app) after YouTube decides to break third party apps.

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      In moments like these, I absolutely hate having a Tizen TV, I really need to get a Chromecast or something.

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      does this support 4k? Anything i’ve used that says they do actually don’t. FreeTube, Invidious, Piped

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    As someone who uses and really enjoys Youtube Premium this upsets me. Feels very counter-to what is agreed on purchase:

    I wonder if it’s possible to file a complaint as false advertisement. As part of the subscription it even says in the FAQ “ad-free” which this is definitely not. I’m not a lawyer though and this is not legal advice.

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      This reminds me of the “Ad free” tier of Paramount Plus. There were unskippable ads for other paramount shows. And the 5 second bumper counted as an ad and was unskippable.

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      I’m not a lawyer but anyone with a brain cell would agree this is false advertising at least, possibly breach of contract depending on what the TOS says.

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    People love to shit on yt premium but it’s single handedly the best value I’ve ever gotten out of a service. And I’m okay with financially supporting a service that I use a lot.

    This is upsetting, though. I don’t watch a ton on tv, but when I have I’ve never seen an ad like this pop up. I’ll be watching out for them.

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      yeah, i basically have youtube on throughout the day so it’s a good “investment” for me. but yeah, the deal is, i pay them, they don’t show me ads (and sponsorblock does the rest) so this is quite wild.

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        Yep. This is the first legitimate “YouTube premium sucks” I’ve seen because it’s not holding up their end of the transaction.

        I haven’t seen this happen to me yet and I use YouTube on my PC, my phone, and my TV via Alexa.

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    This is why I would not want to pay a subscription to YouTube. I don’t trust that they would ever truely work out all the ads

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      I’ve had Premium since it was called Red (got it through Google Music) and never see ads. Would be upset if I was OP, but haven’t experienced that issue myself.

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    That’s why I canceled Premium. I was still getting ads AND Google still used trackers. AND content creators get next to no money from it…

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    So were at the point where we are paying for an experience with ads AND invasive trackers and personal data mining + psychological profiling just to watch videos? What the fuck, thats distopian AF.

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      Put it into some AR goggles and the dystopian cyberpunk future will no longer be sci fi

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          The $1/mo is for a student account. The regular account is $1.5/mo, and a family account is $2.3/mo. You’d probably need to use a VPN every time you wanted to renew it (monthly, I suppose). There are annual plans with a 10% discount, so you could probably go for an annual membership and have to do it only once a year.

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      Yes. I use a service so I pay for the service. I use software frameworks so I donate to their patreons.

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    All that paying does is prove you’ll pay whatever they want. Just like a blackmailer, it’s never enough. They always escalate in their attempts to extract “value”.

    It’s the same damn story, time after time. “Oh, we put a few ads to cover expenses - it’ll be limited, we promise.” 3 months later: “We have a premium plan that hides ads.” Another 3 months: “We now have informational banners on premium for our own content. Since it’s our own, it’s totally not an ad!”

    Then just: “Pay us a monthly rate and get served ads.”

    It’s like fucking clockwork with these ghouls.

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    If they start inserting ads in videos I’m watching even though I literally pay them not to, I’ll be more than just mildly infuriated.