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will you all forgive me if i subscribe to youtube premium. i think i'm at my limit for the amount of advertising i can be shown without it making me want to stab things
@hikari Eh, it's fine in my book.
Sure, in an ideal world, would be nice to avoid giving Google more money, and Patreon subscriptions for youtubers you like gives them a better cut...
But Youtube Premium is miles better for creators than the ad revenue is, it saves you having to deal with ads/adblocker or having to mentally manage paying all the various channels through 3rd party means and can just auto-distribute the funds based on what you actually watch
As far as "subscription services for things you watch" go, I honestly think it ranks better than any of the Big Name AAA TV/Movie Streaming Services
@hokaze oh right this gives money to people i care about! good point!
@hikari Ah, I honestly thought that was the main reason even vaguely technical folks would use Premium over just an adblocker
The other thing being I guess if you like watching youtube on tv off a console or smart tv or something, blocking ads there tends to be a bit harder as you need to do it a traffic-level, and in that case Premium is also nice for being faff-free
But glad to have provided another good reason you'd overlooked, regardless ^_^