YouTube Premium

[geeks]

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.

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!

I’m subbed to over 200 channels on YouTube, which provides me on average up to 30ish new videos a day of varying length. Not saying I watch all of them, but most of them I will watch. Some people only put out vids once every few months; others put out videos daily.

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 get that and I have YT subs too just not enough to justify paying for the service, that said because I use it so infrequently the ads don't really bother me that much and as such I still contribute to the creators by watching them.

[Jamescrs]

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.

[extraT]

A small bump because I still haven’t decided...
can someone please be so kind to tell me when you lock you iPhone/pad does YouTube music still play in the background or does the music stop?

[extraT]

extraT said:

A small bump because I still haven’t decided...
can someone please be so kind to tell me when you lock you iPhone/pad does YouTube music still play in the background or does the music stop?

For anyone wondering, it does 😃 looks like it’s YouTube premium for me

[Dog Star]

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)

[thebraketester]

I get premium with the Vodafone add on for about £7. Much better value that YT fee

[TCEvo]

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.

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.

[parabolica]

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).

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.

[anonymous-user]

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 mostly watch stuff on science and technology, space, military technology, history, motoring, watches, railways, etc.

[anonymous-user]

Well the £1.09 VPN thing works well, I've just done it. Very useful indeed.

[MonkeyBusiness]

OpulentBob said:

Well the £1.09 VPN thing works well, I've just done it. Very useful indeed.

You've just reminded me. Cheers

[NBTBRV8]

OpulentBob said:

Well the £1.09 VPN thing works well, I've just done it. Very useful indeed.

How does that work again?

[anonymous-user]

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?

5th post from the top in this thread, then 5th post down on the resulting page (poster says "I wrote a guide..."), follow it to the letter and it will work...

[Silverage]

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.

[tim0409]

MonkeyBusiness said:

You've just reminded me. Cheers

I'm just about to sign up as well.

I don't have a vpn service though so any suggestions for providers I can sign up on a trial and then cancel once I've signed up to YT?

Thanks

[MonkeyBusiness]

tim0409 said:

I'm just about to sign up as well.

I don't have a vpn service though so any suggestions for providers I can sign up on a trial and then cancel once I've signed up to YT?

Thanks

I used the chrome extension VPN in the instructions.
Free to use.

[Dog Star]

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

[TCEvo]

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

I must've missed that one. Currently I'm plagued by ads for Pepsi, KFC & some concealer/make-up thing. Not sure whether I'm being targeted or worn down. There are some longer ones but I can't remember what any of them are for.

[tim0409]

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...

Any ideas?

ETA - sorted, I used an existing gmail account and it has worked.

Edited by tim0409 on Thursday 10th December 12:16

[MonkeyBusiness]

Not sure it still works but the 119 Argentinian currency is now £1 a month.

As someone who spends far too long disappearing down YouTube rabbit holes this is brilliant.