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this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
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I pay YT premium, I can listen to hours and hours of music, or watch hours of videos, plus I can download them and go to a poor connection area.
I don't mind they hooked me with a free service and then offered me the option of ad free.
The move from reddit is if you start to use more the service, if you want to see more posts, if you have more subs, if you upvote/downvote more, if you send more messages, if you comment more, if you post more, if you have more moderation actions to help a sub stay on focus and remove spam then you have to pay more.
Edit: damn it, I again replied to a comment instead of the post hahaha
Personally I used to pay for YouTube Red (back when it was called that). I stopped in protest against YouTube's changes to their partnership programme screwing over smaller users (when they introduced the recurring viewership hours to qualify for partnership). That was the final straw after their abhorrent attitude towards copyright over a long period of time.
On Android, formerly Vanced, now ReVanced, get me everything I could want out of the official app with YouTube Premium, but for free.
I HATE ads with a passion. Even taught my kid from a very young age to put his hands over his ears, look away, and say "la la la!!" until an ad ends.
Once Vanced shut down, I was devastated. ReVanced really saved my experience, though, and I'm so thankful it exists.