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Somehow paying for Netflix is fine but god forbid I want to watch a 10 hour loop of the DS9 intro without ads.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (6 children)

And here I am, getting the same thing and paying nothing because I've got uBlock Origin.

[–] Maven 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This works fine but the main reason I personally have premium is to support the YouTubers I watch. Adblock gets rid of their revenue while premium pays them MORE than just ads do and now I don't have to worry about it on any platform.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Premium still gives them hardly anything. Subscribing to their Patreon is better because they get all your money, minus the small fee.

[–] Maven 10 points 11 months ago

True but I can afford premium. I can't afford every single persons patreon.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

It gives them a loot more than ad watchers though. Especially on longer videos (it's based on watch time)

[–] pissclumps 9 points 11 months ago (5 children)

How do you run that on a smart tv?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Seriously, this is why I eventually got it. Plus my android vanced stopped working and I didn't know there was a way to fix it

[–] ours 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I did, but that still only solves mobile and I mostly watch on the TV

[–] ours 2 points 11 months ago

For TV SmartTubeNext and you're all set.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I don't. I just plug a pc directly to my tv.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Smart tube, or I've been told a pi hole works as well. I haven't bothered with that though, because I don't like watching YT on TV myself. Out of the two, the pi hole is probably the better option since it works with all your devices.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

There's always one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I also have No ads, because I use NewPipe. There I can watch all Videos from YouTube, cccBerlin, pearTube and it is also possible to Listen to Music from Bandcamp and Soundcloud.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] ManosTheHandsOfFate 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes. I pay for YouTube Music for my six account family and, as a side benefit, we all get ad-free YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Not YouTube music, YMusic....

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Honestly not worth the trouble on mobile

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Unless you're on an iPhone, setting up Revanced takes less than 10 minutes and very rarely breaks anything. If you want to support your YouTube creators, then sure pay for premium, but it baffles me how someone could have the technical prowess to set up a Lemmy account, but then balk at something like this. If anything, mobile might be one of the last frontiers now that they're starting a war against adblock.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I use adblock on Firefox on my phone. Used to be fun to jailbreak and install my own apps and stuff, just getting lazier as I age I think