this is why i use ad blockers regardless. if they block the internet for me then it was never worth anything in the first place. basically like social media gas lighting and banning users for speaking political truth because it threatens their stock.
all the people that paid FOR youtube red or prenium, are all suddenly quiet now in the subs.
I have the premium lite or whatever. If a video is coded as a “music video”, they still have commercials.
Total bullshit. First, why is that a distinction? I should get commercial free regardless of the type of video.
Second, they consider a lot of normal videos to be “music videos”. Basically if there is a substantial amount of music, it’s a “music video”. This includes visualizations with generic music in the background.
Third, I’ve still gotten some ads on mobile for some reason. It’s crazy to me.
I had premium as part of a family plan with like 6-7 friends from 2017-2022 while I was basically ignorant of the enshitification, then when I got a secondhand pc I stopped paying since I had adblock. Had a few years of bliss and then the pc bricked up so I went back to premium for about six months and during that brief period it just got worse and worse so rapidly that I jumped ship. Very glad I did now. I pay for a nebula subscription which is nice to have for throwing up on the tv while I do stuff but it doesnt have a ton of content
If you have an android based tv or device, look into installing smarttube, it’s great
Is that something available on whatever the android app store is? And is it just a yt front end that blocks stuff?
You have to get the apk from their github page or website. But yeah it’s just a way better YouTube tv front-end, still let’s you sign in with a proper account so you still get all of your subscriptions and history and they’ll carry over to when you go to the standard YouTube website on another device. It has adblocking built in and you can even set up sponsorblock too.
Will I be able to make use of the interwebs to figure out installation on the tv fairly easily? I’m assuming it’s best to get it on a thumb drive off my pc?
Thumb drive is pretty easy yeah, i think you might need a file browser app to install it but you can get them on the play store. Or if you don’t want/can’t use a thumb drive you can use an app called send to tv, also on the play store.
I keep seeing this recommended and been meaning to give that a shot on my Sony TV.
Do you happen to know if it would let you retain “Google Cast” functionality? As in click the little cast icon in a YouTube video on my phone, and make it play on the TV without having to use the remote?It does, yeah! It’s got loads of customisability and quality of life features you can find to exactly your liking as well. Highly recommend it
that’s sick, thank you, I’ll look into how to install apks on my TV later then! thanks!
There’s an app you can get in the play store called send to tv i think, allows you to send files if you don’t want to mess with external storage or are unable to
Issue a chargeback.
This kind of shenanigans are the exact benefit of credit cards. You’re no longer getting what the merchant sold you. You didn’t agree to this.
They will in all likelihood ban your credit card and terminate your account, but this harms them a fuck ton more than just cancelling.
Issue a chargeback.
Never stopped pirating gang, pop out.
I might be back to pirating soon if it gets bad enough that I can get my wife on board.
People are willing to pay for a good service. If paying becomes a worse experience than getting whatever you want for free, there’s no helping them.
how do u do it safely
VPN, Plex or Jellyfin servers shared with people you know
no one i know pirates
theyre either too busy/lazy/think piracy is bad
what vpn do you recommend?
I use Proton because i use their other services.
For standalone, Mullvad is great.
even if you dont pirate, youtube with adblock gives you more than enough videos on a specifi show/movie, without having to actually watch it.
The commercials are free dude
I’m so glad this hasn’t been an issue in my life for the last 20ish years.
When I stay in a hotel now I get legitimately offended by commercials. I actually find them offensive.
Same, I stop watching anything with a commercial outside of Golf. Which is background viewing anyway, simultaneously inundated with commercials, the irony isnt lost here, but I like golf and it’s the only time I can handle it.
Ive also started reading novels again, just mentally preparing for the inevitable break away from all streaming/reinvented cable bundling bullshit. Video games aren’t far behind either which is my true last bastion
So stop paying them. It really is that easy.
The line must go up.
Likewise when you download a free app whose ad explicitly says, “No ads!” and it does, in fact, have ads.
i’ve never paid for an app.
not sure why anyone does.
Because sometimes someone delivers a good service that you appreciate and want to support so that they can keep offering that service and keep improving upon it.
I pay for apps to support the developer, so the app continues to be developed
Especially if I get to disable any advertising and tracking as part of that
Society will never improve until we make all forms of advertising a capital offense.
