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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

For me its solely because of a ad free experience on my TV, since its the primary device I’m using it on. And i got it relatively cheap from turkey so it's not that big of a deal. I might reevaluate if the price increases though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It really boils down to a few reasons:

  • I don't like ads, and I prefer not to see them
  • Running a platform like YouTube is not cheap, and I understand that Google needs money to keep things running.
  • The revenue of Premium is split between YouTube and the creators, much like ad revenue is. So it also supports the channels that I follow.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You pay and you're still the product, they continue with all the tracking they do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That hasn't stopped me from using other Google services like Gmail, Docs, or Drive either.

If I ever decide I want to opt out of Google's ecosystem I'll just serve them a GDPR data deletion request.
That's what I did when I deleted my Twitter account as well.