I’ve only subscribed to YouTube Premium for the past two months, and I like the ad-free experience and Music streaming bundled in one price, PHP159 or $3/month. Will this probably my last? Yesterday morning, Google automatically charged me for my YouTube Premium subscription through my e-wallet service.
It was successfully deducted, but the service didn’t update its validity. Does Google want me to charge twice, or they want me to go back on uBlock Origin on Librewolf (desktop) and NewPipe on Android? lol
EDIT (2023-10-22): Google recently refunded the amount to my e-wallet. So far, my account is still active. If ever Google bans my account, then probably my domain will be banned.
Just go back to uBlock Origin. No reason to give Google more money, they don’t respect their customers.
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As an Asian, online subscriptions tend to be cheaper than US. Is my PHP159 ($3) can support 14 different Patreons? E.g. RedLetterMedia’s Patreon will cost me $2 per month.
by watching YT with Premium, I support far more than 14 creators. The difference per 1k views of normal vs premium views is a couple orders of magnitude
(Plus, I also pay about 100 bucks a month for various patreon creators)
Fucking hell, that’s a lot of money to give away each month. Good for you!
For me, personally, I don’t really mind how YouTube and other streaming services split their earnings to creatives. If one service stints mine, consumer’s general experience, better to move somewhere similar. I’m glad that I subscribed YouTube Premium for two months, but right now, if they’re not refunding me… then I should do the ethical one
you’re not their customer, the ad companies are.
And this is exactly why I will never pay for Premium (again; I unfortunately did for a while) or any other Google service
true, we’re the product offered to ad companies
I have reason: Costs. Recently in my region, Spotify racked their price from ₱129 to ₱149, ₱10 difference with YouTube Premium.
Plus, Spotify keeps shoving their podcast platform on my feed, which is annoying, and I’m only streaming music. I rather see or listen to something from my followed channels.
P.S. I only created a Google account just for YouTube and for my Android device, nothing else. I don’t use other mainstream Google products.
Wait until you hear that podcasts are gonna come to YouTube Music
So there is no escape? Fck me then.
Use uBlock Origin on PC to watch YouTube without ads, NewPipe on mobile, and InnerTune for free ad free music using the YouTube music library, and no need to give Google money.
Yeah I have greyjay, newpipe and revanced on my phone in case youtube does some funky shit. I think piped.video works on pc too.
I will try this later. Thank you!
So far they said that they plan to offer podcasts for free if that helps any.
I primarily use iOS to watch YouTube. I haven’t found good solutions.
It’s the media platform I use the most. With Premium, I’m evenly supporting at least 50 creators that I watch regularly. I couldn’t meaningfully do that for the same price through Patreon.
The best solution I’ve found for the YouTube shenanigans on iOS is the baking soda and vinegar apps.
Sideload uYou plus with Altstore if you want to keep all the account functionality.
Download Yattee from the App store if you prefer to watch with Piped.
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Sideload an alternative YouTube app with Altstore
It’s cool that the option exist, but it isn’t worth it to me.
I have had success from both Safari with AdGuard and from Brave browser blocking Youtube ads on iOS. Currently using Brave with no issues.