With YouTube blocking adblockers, I found myself using YT a lot less. Every time I click on a video, it gets blocked. Then I realize I didn’t really care about watching the video. It felt like I caught myself before lighting the cigarette. I welcome the change and it has helped free up my mental space for other stuff.
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
I actually bought premium just before the change, never actually got hit with the ad blocker blocker. Premium does appear to pay creators a respectable amount of the money so I consider it worth it. I also watch a huge amount of YouTube, and probably wouldnt have bought it if it wasn’t my primary entertainment platform.
If I had to sit through ads, premium or no, I’d be pretty done with YouTube.
Same goes for me and I also use their music service now instead of Spotify.