alt Hacker NewsIf I pay for a streaming service, I'll compare it with other paid streaming services.
Youtube is, for me, the worst streaming experience - by a significant margin. Terrible curation. Terrible recommendations. Terrible UI. No way would I pay for it.
(Oh, and if I paid, can I get it not to show me any Shorts?)
Don't necessarily disagree - I have premium because of Google Music (although the official app is now so bad I use Metrolist).
I don't see YouTube as a streaming service - more as a social(ish) video sharing/Indy publishing platform.
For things like conference talks or training techniques and so on.
If I had to watch ads, I'd stop using it.