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Fallingup said:
YouTube has recently become unbearable with the amount and length of ads when trying to watch something. Not keen on paying them £120 a year for Premium. Is there another way?
Totally agree, I get people need paying but I watched a carwow video today and it had a crazy amount of adverts, I just turned it off in the end.I've got Sky, Netflix and Disney plus I'm not paying for another
AJB88 said:
I've just tried signing up using Argentina, unfortunately it puts my card address as Argentina and wont let me proceed.
I had the same when using a credit card. Switching to a different card went through. In my case, I used a debit card. Others have reported submitting a couple of times worked. Once set up, it bills normally each month at the Argentina rate. h0b0 said:
AJB88 said:
I've just tried signing up using Argentina, unfortunately it puts my card address as Argentina and wont let me proceed.
I had the same when using a credit card. Switching to a different card went through. In my case, I used a debit card. Others have reported submitting a couple of times worked. Once set up, it bills normally each month at the Argentina rate. I find it odd this driving desire to access Your Tube and other resource for free.
You Tube is a great thing. Free to use and free to view. You can effectively set up your own TV station if you want for literally no money - you can even earn money from it. But it's not free to provide so the trade-off is either watch some adverts (like they do on 'proper' telly). Or pay a premium (like they do on 'proper' telly).
Using an AdBlocker isn't illegal (I think) but the theoretical, ultimate conclusion of people using such technology is that You Tube no longer becomes viable and disappears.
What happened to this idea of paying for things you use?
You Tube is a great thing. Free to use and free to view. You can effectively set up your own TV station if you want for literally no money - you can even earn money from it. But it's not free to provide so the trade-off is either watch some adverts (like they do on 'proper' telly). Or pay a premium (like they do on 'proper' telly).
Using an AdBlocker isn't illegal (I think) but the theoretical, ultimate conclusion of people using such technology is that You Tube no longer becomes viable and disappears.
What happened to this idea of paying for things you use?
k themselves and I've now gone ad-free on the mobile.StevieBee said:
I find it odd this driving desire to access Your Tube and other resource for free.
You Tube is a great thing. Free to use and free to view. You can effectively set up your own TV station if you want for literally no money - you can even earn money from it. But it's not free to provide so the trade-off is either watch some adverts (like they do on 'proper' telly). Or pay a premium (like they do on 'proper' telly).
Using an AdBlocker isn't illegal (I think) but the theoretical, ultimate conclusion of people using such technology is that You Tube no longer becomes viable and disappears.
What happened to this idea of paying for things you use?
I completely agree... You Tube is a great thing. Free to use and free to view. You can effectively set up your own TV station if you want for literally no money - you can even earn money from it. But it's not free to provide so the trade-off is either watch some adverts (like they do on 'proper' telly). Or pay a premium (like they do on 'proper' telly).
Using an AdBlocker isn't illegal (I think) but the theoretical, ultimate conclusion of people using such technology is that You Tube no longer becomes viable and disappears.
What happened to this idea of paying for things you use?
However, since they started pushing their Premieme service, they have started featuring double adverts at the start of every video. I cant help but think this is a ploy to promote their service.
They have cut the royalities Youtubers get (mine have halfed since this time last year, but the views remain the same).
StevieBee said:
I find it odd this driving desire to access Your Tube and other resource for free.
You Tube is a great thing. Free to use and free to view. You can effectively set up your own TV station if you want for literally no money - you can even earn money from it. But it's not free to provide so the trade-off is either watch some adverts (like they do on 'proper' telly). Or pay a premium (like they do on 'proper' telly).
Using an AdBlocker isn't illegal (I think) but the theoretical, ultimate conclusion of people using such technology is that You Tube no longer becomes viable and disappears.
What happened to this idea of paying for things you use?
Youtube's owner (Alphabet) made $183bn revenue last year, they're low down my charity list.You Tube is a great thing. Free to use and free to view. You can effectively set up your own TV station if you want for literally no money - you can even earn money from it. But it's not free to provide so the trade-off is either watch some adverts (like they do on 'proper' telly). Or pay a premium (like they do on 'proper' telly).
Using an AdBlocker isn't illegal (I think) but the theoretical, ultimate conclusion of people using such technology is that You Tube no longer becomes viable and disappears.
What happened to this idea of paying for things you use?
webstercivet said:
StevieBee said:
I find it odd this driving desire to access Your Tube and other resource for free.
You Tube is a great thing. Free to use and free to view. You can effectively set up your own TV station if you want for literally no money - you can even earn money from it. But it's not free to provide so the trade-off is either watch some adverts (like they do on 'proper' telly). Or pay a premium (like they do on 'proper' telly).
Using an AdBlocker isn't illegal (I think) but the theoretical, ultimate conclusion of people using such technology is that You Tube no longer becomes viable and disappears.
What happened to this idea of paying for things you use?
Youtube's owner (Alphabet) made $183bn revenue last year, they're low down my charity list.You Tube is a great thing. Free to use and free to view. You can effectively set up your own TV station if you want for literally no money - you can even earn money from it. But it's not free to provide so the trade-off is either watch some adverts (like they do on 'proper' telly). Or pay a premium (like they do on 'proper' telly).
Using an AdBlocker isn't illegal (I think) but the theoretical, ultimate conclusion of people using such technology is that You Tube no longer becomes viable and disappears.
What happened to this idea of paying for things you use?
I'd agree with StevieBee, although I'll admit the adverts are sometimes a bit too excessive, and compared to "proper" telly they are more intrusive and poorly timed.
ThisInJapanese said:
thegreenhell said:
Install AdBlock Plus in your browser, or just use Brave browser. I haven't seen a YouTube advert for years.
This. AdBlock Plus on my desktop and Brave browser on my mobile, I don't use the YouTube app anymore.Unfortunately it seems using one of these VPNs will be my resolution.
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