YouTube Premium
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parabolica said:
geeks said:
Kermit power said:
At the risk of a slight thread derail, what are you lot all actually watching no YouTube to justify your spend?
I watch loads of stuff on Netflix & Prime, but YouTube is just the occasional video on how to carry out a particular element of bike maintenance or similar for me. Am I missing something big?
This was my first thought too.I watch loads of stuff on Netflix & Prime, but YouTube is just the occasional video on how to carry out a particular element of bike maintenance or similar for me. Am I missing something big?
Also the people who watch it more than Netflix or Prime? What are you watching? I probably spend less than 20 minutes a month on there!
As far as I’m concerned YT gives you access to hundreds of thousands of creators - many of whom have turned their career into making YouTube content therefore put a lot of effort into to make outstanding content equaling that of TV production. But you get to choose what content and creators you want to watch based on your preferences.
I have subs to tech channels, car/automotive channels, how-to channels, documentaries, home Reno, vloggers who live in other countries that I’m interested in and much more.
I used to use YT sparingly too but for the last 3-4 years it is the primary reason that I do not watch any traditional TV any more.
I use YouTube premium and have had it for over 12 months now and I think it's great, I use YouTube music for my streaming when I am out and about and in the car, I watch YouTube as my main tv source (if you can call it that) and I have a family account setup so for me to avoid adverts and all the other features is worth while.
I don't have Sky tv or Virgin etc, my other TV comes from Netflix and Amazon so I don't remember the last time I saw a TV commercial.
I don't have Sky tv or Virgin etc, my other TV comes from Netflix and Amazon so I don't remember the last time I saw a TV commercial.
I tried it but bloody hell £15.99 a month is a bit extreme, although the advert frequency and length is absolutely doing my head in.
I get the impression that the number of adverts is set by the youtuber themselves - Hoovie has pushed things too far (I guess he really needs a lot of money to pay for all those cars, the house and that extremely expensive looking wife) and I no longer subscribe. Loads of adverts and most of them the unskippable 20 second things. Someone like Mat of Techmoan seems to arrange his adverts to be as unobtrusive as possible (ie. he sticks them right at the end)
I get the impression that the number of adverts is set by the youtuber themselves - Hoovie has pushed things too far (I guess he really needs a lot of money to pay for all those cars, the house and that extremely expensive looking wife) and I no longer subscribe. Loads of adverts and most of them the unskippable 20 second things. Someone like Mat of Techmoan seems to arrange his adverts to be as unobtrusive as possible (ie. he sticks them right at the end)
Dog Star said:
I tried it but bloody hell £15.99 a month is a bit extreme, although the advert frequency and length is absolutely doing my head in.
I get the impression that the number of adverts is set by the youtuber themselves - Hoovie has pushed things too far (I guess he really needs a lot of money to pay for all those cars, the house and that extremely expensive looking wife) and I no longer subscribe. Loads of adverts and most of them the unskippable 20 second things. Someone like Mat of Techmoan seems to arrange his adverts to be as unobtrusive as possible (ie. he sticks them right at the end)
I came to much the same conclusion yesterday after watching a couple of Watch JRGo episodes - his new warehouse isn't paying for itself. I get the impression that the number of adverts is set by the youtuber themselves - Hoovie has pushed things too far (I guess he really needs a lot of money to pay for all those cars, the house and that extremely expensive looking wife) and I no longer subscribe. Loads of adverts and most of them the unskippable 20 second things. Someone like Mat of Techmoan seems to arrange his adverts to be as unobtrusive as possible (ie. he sticks them right at the end)
The ads are bloody annoying, and are for some utter ste. Have to sit w/ the remote in hand to mute them.
Looked in Premium & was very surprised at the cost.
Dog Star said:
I tried it but bloody hell £15.99 a month is a bit extreme, although the advert frequency and length is absolutely doing my head in.
I get the impression that the number of adverts is set by the youtuber themselves - Hoovie has pushed things too far (I guess he really needs a lot of money to pay for all those cars, the house and that extremely expensive looking wife) and I no longer subscribe. Loads of adverts and most of them the unskippable 20 second things. Someone like Mat of Techmoan seems to arrange his adverts to be as unobtrusive as possible (ie. he sticks them right at the end)
Saw a video on this a week or two back and it's now actually outwith the content creator's control; apparently they can set whether to monetise the video or not, and if they say yes the almighty algorithm places the ads where it sees fit. They used to be able to tick options to remove ads from the middle of videos but this is no longer possible (apparently).I get the impression that the number of adverts is set by the youtuber themselves - Hoovie has pushed things too far (I guess he really needs a lot of money to pay for all those cars, the house and that extremely expensive looking wife) and I no longer subscribe. Loads of adverts and most of them the unskippable 20 second things. Someone like Mat of Techmoan seems to arrange his adverts to be as unobtrusive as possible (ie. he sticks them right at the end)
Still can't bring myself to justifying £15.99 a month though, despite youtube being my main source of content. Think i'll just put up with the ads; at worst it's 20 seconds unskippable but pretty often you get the skip option after 5 sec.
Kermit power said:
At the risk of a slight thread derail, what are you lot all actually watching no YouTube to justify your spend?
I watch loads of stuff on Netflix & Prime, but YouTube is just the occasional video on how to carry out a particular element of bike maintenance or similar for me. Am I missing something big?
There is so much good content on YouTube it is hard to know where to begin. Much of it now produced to 'broadcast standard' as well, by talented individuals.I watch loads of stuff on Netflix & Prime, but YouTube is just the occasional video on how to carry out a particular element of bike maintenance or similar for me. Am I missing something big?
I mostly watch stuff on science and technology, space, military technology, history, motoring, watches, railways, etc.
NBTBRV8 said:
OpulentBob said:
Well the £1.09 VPN thing works well, I've just done it. Very useful indeed.
How does that work again?I watch stuff on YouTube most days and I too hate the ads. When I bought my Google Home Hub I got 6 months free YT Premium. That was great. I can’t justify paying any money for it though when I’m already lashing out for Sky TV, Netflix, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime and BT Sport every month.
Dog Star said:
TCEvo said:
The ads are bloody annoying, and are for some utter ste.
There was a watchable advert on a lot a couple of months ago - very chesty asian looking lass on it wearing a tight white top. The rest of them though MonkeyBusiness said:
I used the chrome extension VPN in the instructions.
Free to use.
Thanks but I must be doing something wrong. I have installed the free version of hola vpn as per the instructions. I go to the You Tube Argentinian site and click the try it fo free ARS 119, then it takes me to google sign in page rather than giving me the option to enter my credit card? I tried signing up with a new Argentinian gmail account but you need a country specific mobile number to verify? I don't normally have issues with stuff like this...Free to use.
Any ideas?
ETA - sorted, I used an existing gmail account and it has worked.
Edited by tim0409 on Thursday 10th December 12:16
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