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YouTube hikes Premium subscription cost again while adding advanced video features (www.dexerto.com)
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[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 6 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I pay for the “lite” version but only because I want to watch it on my Apple TV without ads and I wasn’t able to get any other apps or workarounds up for that.

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I was surprised to read that there is a "lite" plan again after I was kicked off when it shut down like ten years ago.

Edit: Oh, it's not available in Sweden. Well I'll stick with my browser addons for an ad free experience then.

[–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Speaking as someone who has used Apple devices for literal decades, go to Best Buy and purchase an NVIDIA Shield Pro.

Replace the stock launcher with FLauncher, replace YouTube with SmartTube Next, and Twitch with S0undTV.

Congrats. Nearly the same performance and feature set and no ads.

The only shortcomings are with VP9-based HDR video…

Which means ONLY YouTube HDR content won’t play. Plex, Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, Hulu, etc. all play can HDR or DolbyVision from their native video codec (h.265 / HEVC) with zero issues…

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Actually, I love my Apple TV. It’s better than all other streaming devices I’ve tried so far. The only issue I have is with YouTube ads. Everything else is fantastic.

Also, I don’t use any Google products, except for YT. Aside from that I’m completely degoogled.

I’ve heard great things about the Shield and I appreciate the feedback on it! I hope someone else sees your advice and finds It useful! Thank you!

[–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Apple definitely now has the top tier hardware for sure… but I just cannot stand the pervasiveness of all the increasing ads everywhere, and the Shield can basically be de-Googled.

If you ever decide the ads are too much but still want the relatively high performance, I can’t recommend the Shield enough.

Good to hear everything else is good though.