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I've been enjoying YouTube Red/Premium for about a year and a half but I'm kind of considering cancelling it to go back to using an adblocker for YouTube's embe

I've been enjoying YouTube Red/Premium for about a year and a half but I'm kind of considering cancelling it to go back to using an adblocker for YouTube's embedded ads and supporting specific creators via Patreon or something. The majority of the channels I watch embed their own ad-reads into their videos now so the ad-free value proposition for Premium is getting much weaker for me.

reificator 7y ago
I cancelled my Google Play Music family subscription (of which I was the only user at that point) and then signed up for a normal subscription. Didn't realize doing so lost my bundled Youtube Red subscription in the process. Started getting midroll ads on YouTube on my phone and couldn't figure out why...
- greyfox 7y ago
  you might look into using youtube vanced
  - noir_lord 7y ago
    NewPipe is awesome as well (and you can download) and since it pretends to be a browser its got some neat features, it's in the FDroid store.
mguerville 7y ago
I just cancelled mine and let me tell you, the added 10 to 30 seconds of ads before the video starts are already bugging me a lot.
- antepodius 7y ago
  Is there any particular reason you're not using an adblocker?
  - jeromegv 7y ago
    If you watch lots of Youtube with the iPad/iPhone apps, there wouldn't be any adblocker for that.
    - noir_lord 7y ago
      Adguard works if you watch in Safari.
    - SHAKEDECADE 7y ago
      adblock for IOS can block all types of stuff. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock/id691121579 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock/id691121579 They also make an app called webblock which nice but less powerful.
jeena 7y ago
I was considering it too and I don't understand why Google doesn't force the creators to mark up when the ads start and end so it could just jump over them for people who pay YouTube Premium to specifically get rid of ads. People like us will stop paying go with a adblocker.
Kiro 7y ago
As someone who only uses YouTube for music I'm glad that embedded ads are not a thing for music channels. YouTube Premium is worth a thousand times more than any Spotify subscription.

reificator 7y ago

I cancelled my Google Play Music family subscription (of which I was the only user at that point) and then signed up for a normal subscription. Didn't realize doing so lost my bundled Youtube Red subscription in the process. Started getting midroll ads on YouTube on my phone and couldn't figure out why...

greyfox 7y ago
you might look into using youtube vanced
- noir_lord 7y ago
  NewPipe is awesome as well (and you can download) and since it pretends to be a browser its got some neat features, it's in the FDroid store.

mguerville 7y ago

I just cancelled mine and let me tell you, the added 10 to 30 seconds of ads before the video starts are already bugging me a lot.

antepodius 7y ago
Is there any particular reason you're not using an adblocker?
- jeromegv 7y ago
  If you watch lots of Youtube with the iPad/iPhone apps, there wouldn't be any adblocker for that.
  - noir_lord 7y ago
    Adguard works if you watch in Safari.
  - SHAKEDECADE 7y ago
    adblock for IOS can block all types of stuff. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock/id691121579 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock/id691121579 They also make an app called webblock which nice but less powerful.

jeena 7y ago

I was considering it too and I don't understand why Google doesn't force the creators to mark up when the ads start and end so it could just jump over them for people who pay YouTube Premium to specifically get rid of ads. People like us will stop paying go with a adblocker.

Kiro 7y ago

As someone who only uses YouTube for music I'm glad that embedded ads are not a thing for music channels. YouTube Premium is worth a thousand times more than any Spotify subscription.