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Yeah they are continuously slowing down Firefox and I see a future where I will simply stop using YouTube.i thank them in advance for when that day comes
More and more I try to find my entertainment elsewhere. I am slowly, but surely, migrating away from youtube (and google in general).
Do you know of a good free alternative to YouTube? Preferably one with a smarter algorithm that doesn't just feed me the same boring bullshit over and over again?
Yes I like cars, computers, and video game history, YouTube, but I like other things too, you know. I wish there were a way to view other people's YT homepages so that I can find something new to watch.
Woah. I just cancelled my subscription last week because it's too expensive, and now they raise the prices further. Guess they really don't want me back.
Remember: Everything premium offers used to be included for free
I sure hope their recent heavy prosecution of the Invidious project isn't related
Youtube doing what I told every Premium adversary they would logically do after dumping more and more ad space onto the site. And to make Premium look worth the price, they'll continue to shove more ads in your face just before, you guessed it, doing another price hike. Rinse and repeat. Premium users are strong drivers of this enshittification so I will continue to call them out on it whenever they tell you to join the scam as well. I'll stick to my ad blockers.
People pay YouTube instead of using an adblocker?
I use the PS5 to watch YouTube on the TV, no way around the ads there. But no way in hell I'm paying them!
Please tell me a simple, idiot-proof way to block YT ads on all devices incl. Mobiles, Shield etc. that doesn't require something complex like piHole, works outside the home (family's phones etc. ), and doesn't risk blocking stuff it shouldn't. That's my trouble. Premium solves all of that, while bringing other small benefits. Maybe there's a better way.
Easy peasy. Lemon squeezy.
Firefox-ublock (even better on Linux but not required)
Revanced for mobile.
Pihole doesn't stop youtube ads anyhow.
And Smart Tube Next for Android TV devices.
I’m in the same boat, but I think this hike still will make me cancel my family plan. Less time on YouTube is probably good anyway.
Creators get way more money with Premium viewers than ad-based ones, or at least it used to be that way.
I'm slowly using YouTube less and less. The experience is worse because of the ads and Premium costs.