• @bitflag
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    136 months ago

    And then YouTube Premium is just not a good deal in my eyes, £12.99 a month is an awful lot to pay just to not see Ads.

    I think this includes YouTube music (at least in my market it does) which makes it fairly good value for money if you already subscribe to a music streaming app.

    • @barsquid
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      166 months ago

      Oh, bundling. I thought societies were pleased to get rid of cable bundling, why is it coming back?

      • @Tyfud
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        46 months ago

        Because Netflix didn’t dismantle the capitalism machine.

        Capitalism can never fully disrupt itself. It’s always cyclical. If bundling eventually made it more money, then it will eventually return. If the response to that is to innovate something that gets around that form of bundling, then that “disrupts” the market, in the short term, only for the market to settle back to bundles.

        Because as long as the idea makes more money in a capitalistic society, it will never die.

      • @bitflag
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        76 months ago

        I think so, but with ads just like the free tier of Spotify.

        • @[email protected]
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          16 months ago

          Does Ublock Origin not work for it anymore? And for phones, there are alternative apps - I use InnerTune.

          • @systemglitch
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            6 months ago

            I use ublock on my phone as well. I set it up to play through FF and never access the YouTube app. Did it for my gf when she complained of ads, and then did it for my self it was so easy.

            I don’t remember the last time I saw an ad between us.

            • @[email protected]
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              16 months ago

              I don’t watch YT from phone much, but I find Newpipe for videos to be a better experience than browser (it is also much lighter). And similarly Innertune for music.