I don’t mind subscribing to remove ads and improve payments for the channels that I watch, but if I am going to pay to remove ads, I don’t want to see ads. Ever.

    • stephfinitely@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      A few reasons I pay is we watch YouTube on your living room TV and while there are ways to block ads it is easier to just not have to worry about. Second we want to support the channels we do watch and if we can do that without ads all the better. Third it comes with YouTube music (while not the best it works fine for us)

    • Tenthrow@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Like I said. I hate ads, and I like that the channels I watch get paid a better rate than what they would from someone who views the ads.

    • BitingChaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I was paying $90 a month for cable TV (which is full of ads) and found myself spending more time watching videos on YouTube.

      So I cancelled the $90 cable and paid the $12 for YouTube to get rid of its ads. Without the annoyance of ads, I started spending even more time on YouTube.

      I can still sometimes find live news or clips from earlier cable programming and other stuff on YouTube, so I’m not totally cut off from what I watched on cable.

      It’s pricy, but can be worth it.

      • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Fam, just use an adblocker. It’s free.

        On desktop: Use any adblocker. They all will work.

        On mobile: Use YouTube ReVanced if you have Android. I think there are some iOS adblocking apps, but they are harder to install.

        On a smart TV or anything like an Amazon Firestick, the newer Google Chromecast, etc: Use SmartTube