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YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers โ€” and it's doing something about it::Annoying.

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[-] Zerfallen@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

I actually pay for Premium at the moment, but still would need to sit through baked in sponsored messages, and YouTube Shorts or other internal YouTube big banner service advertisements. So i still have uBlock (and sponsor block) anyway to remove that stuff. At which point... Why am i paying for Premium again? They made their site awful to use regardless of if you pay, unless you use adblocking and other extensions.

[-] SirStumps@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I used to be grandfathered in to premium for years and I happily payed it because it was at a price point I thought the service was worth. Then they email me saying they will raise the price from $17 to $22. Now I use revanced and get it free on my phone. I would have happily been paying the original price but they decided to be greedy.

[-] jbarr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the heads up on revanced. I've been using NewPipe, and while it works very well, I like that revanced provides a more genuine YT experience.

[-] SirStumps@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You're welcome. I hope it serves you well. If you run into an issue where it plays only 30 seconds of video that means it needs to be updated.

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