Buckshot Bear Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Just out of curiosity - Do you pay for YouTube Premium? Quote
watab kid Posted February 3 Posted February 3 no , i only see them when posted here or to me and then only some of them , not worth paying for to me Quote
John Kloehr Posted February 3 Posted February 3 No, but sometimes fall asleep while streaming something and then a 20 minute commercial starts. I have a long "watch later" playlist. When I fall asleep, sometimes the commercials mess with my dreams. Other than WiFi and cell service, I pay no providers for content or for commercial-free service. If Youtube would drop censorship*, I might consider ad-free service. As it is, I have no certainty much of the content I watch will be there in a year. 8I am OK with content curation (like on this forum, no vulgar content), but curation is far short of censorship. 1 Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Nope. I can put up with a few seconds of commercial and hitting skip. If it would take out the 2 to 3 minutes os infomercial while the creator talks about the sponsor I might think about it. 1 Quote
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 No reason to. With Google Chrome, there are several free apps to stop ads. These same apps stop ALL ads on ALL websites, including YouTube. AdBlock AdBlock Plus Ads Killer Easy Ad Blocker Stands AdBlocker Some websites will require you to turn them off to read their content, such as Fox News. Quote
Texas Joker Posted February 3 Posted February 3 You can train youtube to not show you ads. As soon as an add starts close the window. Their algorithm will stop showing you ads eventually since you are not a revenue source. Conversely watching 20 minutes of ads teaches it to show you long ads. 2 Quote
Henry T Harrison Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Yes I do. YouTube is my go to tv channel and it’s a small price to pay for no commercials 1 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 I saw $98 and closed the window. 1 Quote
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted February 4 Posted February 4 (edited) Premium ? I do pay 13.99 a month for a membership on YouTube. I don't have to watch advertising. My wife and I cut cable a few years ago. We got Amazon Prime and a Amazon fire stick . We watch free TV. We watch YouTube or Westerns on Pluto TV. With a membership on YouTube you don't have to watch advertising so we watch a lot of YouTube. Just about anything you want to watch is on YouTube. It's definitely worth the 13.99 a month IMHO . Rooster Edited February 4 by Rooster Ron Wayne 1 Quote
Pat Riot Posted February 4 Posted February 4 My reason for not using YouTube is it is owned by Google. I don’t like or trust Google. I also refuse to use Instagram, Facebook, Waze and pretty much most Android based applications. I have found through DuckDuckGo (DDG) that I can watch YouTube clips on YouTube or I can use Duck Player. I use an iPhone and I have removed all Google and Android apps from my phone. I also refuse to use Tik Tok. I will not watch Tik Tok videos anywhere, any time, including on here. It makes it weird as my entire family uses Google / Android everything. They all think I am weird. Well, I am weird, but I am also smarter, so to them. Quote
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted February 4 Posted February 4 (edited) 19 hours ago, Rooster Ron Wayne said: Premium ? I do pay 13.99 a month for a membership on YouTube. I don't have to watch advertising. My wife and I cut cable a few years ago. We got Amazon Prime and a Amazon fire stick . We watch free TV. We watch YouTube or Westerns on Pluto TV. With a membership on YouTube you don't have to watch advertising so we watch a lot of YouTube. Just about anything you want to watch is on YouTube. It's definitely worth the 13.99 a month IMHO . Rooster Same here. I watch a lot of YouTube videos. The commercials became so intrusive that I pay to be rid of them. Unlike broadcast TV, the programs aren’t designed for commercial interruptions. On YouTube, they cut somebody off mid-sentence. For example, an 18 minute Jay Leno’s Garage episode will be interrupted 3-4 times at random intervals. Edited February 4 by Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Quote
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted February 4 Posted February 4 Not only do I not pay for You Tube Premium, but You Tube is becoming increasingly annoying. Too many garbage Vids about vehicles and motorcycles "New for 2025" created with CGI that have absolutely no basis in reality. Annoying. Quote
Buckshot Bear Posted February 4 Author Posted February 4 20 hours ago, Rooster Ron Wayne said: Premium ? I do pay 13.99 a month for a membership on YouTube. I don't have to watch advertising. My wife and I cut cable a few years ago. We got Amazon Prime and a Amazon fire stick . We watch free TV. We watch YouTube or Westerns on Pluto TV. With a membership on YouTube you don't have to watch advertising so we watch a lot of YouTube. Just about anything you want to watch is on YouTube. It's definitely worth the 13.99 a month IMHO . Rooster Yes that's what its called YouTube Premium, I watch a lot of YT and there's no way I could watch it with ads. It also incudes YouTube Music which is so much better than Spotify. Quote
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