Comment on Premium Ads

Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• astanix@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My wife uses a TV to watch YouTube My kid uses a phone My other kid uses a tablet

  Saying just use ad block isn’t feasible for everyone.

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  • Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If you use something Android based for watching YouTube on the TV (some TVs, fireTV stick, etc.), you can: github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube?tab=readme-ov-file

    I haven’t watched a single Ad on YouTube on TV (SmartTube), mobile (ReVanced), or PC (Firefox + uBlock origin) since it became unbearable… five years ago or so?

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Even on an iPhone, you can use vinegar to block YT ads. Or Firefox Focus.

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      • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        +1 for Vinegar. My only real complaint is that I use Firefox as a daily driver, and Vinegar only works with Safari. Even though Firefox is using the Safari engine under the hood on iOS, (because Apple doesn’t allow third party browser engines,) it doesn’t support Safari extensions.

        I’m fine with switching to Safari to watch YouTube… But since Firefox is my default browser, YouTube links automatically open in Firefox. There isn’t a way to specify that I want everything except YouTube to open in my default browser.

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  • Funkwonker@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    SmartTube for TV and ReVanced/uYouPlus for Andriod/IOS devices. SmartTube can be tricky to set up depending on the TV, but the mobile apps are relatively simple to get working.

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    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There is no ReVanced or uYouPlus for iOS. YouTube is too far up Apple’s ass for them to allow something like that.

      Ironically, they allow Vinegar. But only because it’s a Safari extension (and Apple likes when people use Safari more than they like the money from YouTube.)

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      • scarilog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You have to sideload that shit

        That’s a price you pay when you buy apple. Thankfully it is still an option, just takes a bit more time and effort than on android.

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  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    On a TV use SmartTube. On QN Android device (phone or tablet) use LibreTube (or InnerTune for music)

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    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And then you’re stuck constantly reminding every family member which app to use on which device when they come to you because they’re getting ads or something isn’t working right.

      For a single power use that’s fine, for a family with kids, it’s nearly impossible without going crazy and killing them.

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      • beerclue@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        The stock YouTube app can be disabled, and they only have one choice… Works for my kids.

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      • ThunderLegend@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I took the YouTube app from the main screen and let only the smartube app so everyone is forced to use it. Worked

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  • nl4real@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    uBlock origin and Sponsorblock work for me on Firefox Android Beta.

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  • swag_money@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    i watch YouTube on my phone with ff+ubo

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    • FleetingTit@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Other options: NewPipe, Libretube, Grayjay

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  • richardisaguy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    get youtube revanced for both phone and tablet at least

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  • DogWater@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And I don’t pay for Spotify or any other music service. Premium yt videos is just a bonus

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• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Do creator even get any real amount of money from the money collected through premium?

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  • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They do, and based on reported stats it gets them more per viewer. No idea if anybody’s audited those stats though

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    • NateSwift@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Not sure about currently but at least a year or two ago creators could see the split of premium views & income vs free views and income and premium views always paid out more

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  • morrowind@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They get 2/3, as opposed to 55% of ad revenue and nothing from adblock users

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• SendMePhotos@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It used to be free AND ad-free.

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  • Robin@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sure but that’s obviously unsustainable

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    • MadhuGururajan@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes being greedy expecting exponential growth is unsustainable

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    • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      But something like $7 for premium without ads is absolutely sustainable. But, you know, line go up more.

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      • Robin@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah the prices do keep creeping up… And they should have kept Premium Lite without YT Music

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• driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I have ad blocker on my pc, but pay for youtube premium for the TV app and the youtube music.

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  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Use LibreTube or InnerTune, no need to pay. I’ve heard good things about SmartTube too

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• queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How long until that’s just made illegal?

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