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graemeptoday at 9:55 AM3 repliesview on HN

I am not going to watch billions of Videos.

Its not entirely ad free, just fewer ads, AFAIK sponsored segments remain so there are still ads, sometimes quite lengthy ones.

$14/month is $168 an year, and if you subscribe to multiple other video services the annual total is going to be quite high.


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stronglikedantoday at 3:44 PM

sponsored segments are skipped with a single button push, so they are negligible. it also comes with yt music

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cyberaxtoday at 10:13 AM

SponsorBlock helps with them.

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carlosjobimtoday at 1:19 PM

YouTube is 10x the quality and 10x the quantity than any other video service.

As for the ads, YouTube Premium now has built-in sponsor skip. They can't really block sponsored segments, as that is a freedom of speech issue and also something they can't easily determine. Creators can just omit that some product is sponsored.

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