It’s probably a bug. And to excuse the devs at Youtube, this is the first and only Premium client.
Is it really a bug or is it just boiling the frog slowly?
lol here we are, just after a few weeks when people were defending how yt premium was the best subscription plan ever on Lemmy. people deserve to be scammed like this tbh
Klaus Barbieland.
Just keep jacking up the ad-free tier price level.
That’s why i never bought YouTube premium
Seeing ads in premium is ridiclous, For fuck sake!
“This is why I never bought YouTube premium”
Points out very recent issue with YouTube premium
The implication being they never bought premium because this seemed inevitable.
Firefox with ad blocker? You are wasting your money.
My wife uses a TV to watch YouTube, My kid uses a phone, My other kid uses a tablet.
Saying just use ad block isn’t feasible for everyone.
SmartTube for TV and ReVanced/uYouPlus for Andriod/IOS devices. SmartTube can be tricky to set up depending on the TV, but the mobile apps are relatively simple to get working.
There is no ReVanced or uYouPlus for iOS. You have to sideload that shit, cuz YouTube is too far up Apple’s ass for them to allow something like that on the App Store.
Ironically, they allow Vinegar. But only because it’s a Safari extension (and Apple likes when people use Safari more than they like the money from YouTube.)
You have to sideload that shit
That’s a price you pay when you buy apple. Thankfully it is still an option, just takes a bit more time and effort than on android.
uBlock origin and Sponsorblock work for me on Firefox Android Beta.
get youtube revanced for both phone and tablet at least
i watch YouTube on my phone with ff+ubo
On a TV use SmartTube. On QN Android device (phone or tablet) use LibreTube (or InnerTune for music)
And then you’re stuck constantly reminding every family member which app to use on which device when they come to you because they’re getting ads or something isn’t working right.
For a single power use that’s fine, for a family with kids, it’s nearly impossible without going crazy and killing them.
I took the YouTube app from the main screen and let only the smartube app so everyone is forced to use it. Worked
The stock YouTube app can be disabled, and they only have one choice… Works for my kids.
This. Remove/block options that allow ads and keep the ones that filter then.
If you use something Android based for watching YouTube on the TV (some TVs, fireTV stick, etc.), you can: https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube?tab=readme-ov-file
I haven’t watched a single Ad on YouTube on TV (SmartTube), mobile (ReVanced), or PC (Firefox + uBlock origin) since it became unbearable… five years ago or so?
Even on an iPhone, you can use vinegar to block YT ads. Or Firefox Focus.
+1 for Vinegar. My only real complaint is that I use Firefox as a daily driver, and Vinegar only works with Safari. Even though Firefox is using the Safari engine under the hood on iOS, (because Apple doesn’t allow third party browser engines like Firefox’s Gecko, and forces everyone to use WebKit instead,) it doesn’t support Safari extensions.
I’m fine with switching to Safari to watch YouTube… But since Firefox is my default browser, YouTube links automatically open in Firefox. There isn’t a way to specify that I want everything except YouTube to open in my default browser.
Do creator even get any real amount of money from the money collected through premium?
Buying premium seems like the dumbest shit imaginable to me.
They do, and based on reported stats it gets them more per viewer. No idea if anybody’s audited those stats though
Not sure about currently but at least a year or two ago creators could see the split of premium views & income vs free views and income and premium views always paid out more
They still can. Whether premium or ad supported views pays more depends on the channel and the value of the adverts that are streamed on it. For channels / topics that advertisers are keen to appear on the ad supported views pay more, for more niche interests the premium views pay more.
It used to be free AND ad-free.
Sure but that’s obviously unsustainable
Yes being greedy expecting exponential growth is unsustainable
But something like $7 for premium without ads is absolutely sustainable. But, you know, line go up more.
Yeah the prices do keep creeping up… And they should have kept Premium Lite without YT Music
I have ad blocker on my pc, but pay for youtube premium for the TV app and the youtube music.
Use LibreTube or InnerTune, no need to pay. I’ve heard good things about SmartTube too
Probably the lower tier of premium that’s being tested in Germany.
https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-premium-lite-returns-3491193/
If Premium Lite was like described in the article, just ad free YouTube without other features like YouTube Music, but for half the price, then it would actually be a good deal
But since the user is getting ads it seems like something else
The add is German for sure so that would make sense
It also says “DE” next to the logo, so yeah.
Also barbie Deutsch…hmm, we may need to hire a forensic scientist to solve this.
Ge(t)sponsored!
Redditor username have Germany too.
And they have a German accent. I can tell from the way they type.
Having seen plenty of pixels in my time, I can confirm that those are German pixels.
German data comes in bittes
Huh weird, the only reason to use Premium is to cut out the adverts.
“Would you like to buy Premium?” “Ooh, what do I get?” “YOU GET NOTHING! GOOD DAY SIR!”
Less ads I guess? Idk
I feel like you don’t fully understand that the line can go up. At the expense of everything…
Line MUST go up.
Fiduciary duties cut both ways.
Those are some preem ads, choom.
Imagine paying money to see 2 fucking ads before a video.
As another reply said already
Imagine cable tv! (in the US at least, and, it seems, Canada, too)
It is so absurd until you realize people already accepted that shit… wtf!!!
Yes, but this is german and in Germany most TV is free with ads or paid without ads.
No, most TV in Germany is either paid and with ads (ARD, ZDF, or private stations with HD+) , or free and with even more ads (RTL, Pro7 etc. in SD resolution). Paid TV without ads (Sky) is only used by a small minority
And the few ad supported stations that are free are only free if you use Satellite TV, half of Germany still uses cable TV and has to pay a monthly fee to Vodafone for those, in addition to our broadcasting fees that everyone has to pay
Source: Am German
Imagine paying money to watch YouTube.
Its like going to the local cinema, ads before the movie.
I went to a Regal Cinema for the first time a few months ago and they played 20 minutes of ads that began at the advertised movie start times. Insane.
I would just walk out
That’s stupid. Why would you go to the movies just to walk out before it even started?
If it’s past the start time and it’s not on then why would I expect it to come on?
Because you’re not a five year old.
We have different ideas of what start times mean
I do the same with sports
It’s been that way forever, I remember looking at my watch and thinking about it in the 90s
It’s always been that way. Previews interspersed with coke ads.
I went to my local theater expecting this and ended up missing the first ten minutes of Venom 3. I guess the moral of the story is… Shop local?
I went to my local theater expecting this and ended up missing the first ten minutes of Venom 3
Win win.
Was that the first time you’ve ever been to the movies? It’s been like that for decades. Always go in 20 minutes after the start time.
Last time I went it was in black and white and accompanied by an orchestra
I apologize, Captain Colonel Settlements.
And that’s always been bs. But at least then I can get tmy seats online and show up “late”
🎶cable🎶
Tele license
Or imagine installing uBlock and not seeing ads at all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
YouTube really promoted uBlock more than uBlock could even promote itself
Don’t use ublock, use ublock origin, the latter is open-source and trustworthy.
Thank you for the correction! I meant origin and forgot to write it :)
Imagine not using NewPipe, which has no ads and can play music in the background while you use other apps simultaneously (Samsung only feature I’ve heard, but still)
I use vanced, but NewPipe is also great.
You just described Amazon Prime TV
Ugh, you didn’t even pay for Premium Plus?
Bloody peasant…
And this is why i,won’t start paying them money. They will never be content and will just keep pushing ads further and further.
Yeah the price will increase or ads or both. But it never just stops. It’s never enough
The growth must continue!
Even when you’ve reached complete market saturation…
If you’re dumb enough to pay for youtube premium and also can’t spell “ads” correctly you deserve to have them shoved in your face, you’re probably dumb enough to fall for them and buy the crap being advertised too.
Jesus, what a miserable outlook. Maybe take a break from being online for a while.
I think what you meant to say is “touch grass.”
Because why express a thought in your own words when you can parrot some annoying phrase everyone else says?
Why waste the effort?
Sarcasm I hope
I was thinking more like “pursue therapy” but that works, too
these posts are just getting ridiculous. USE. BRAVE. OR. FIREFOX.
did not know that, thanks. well, the biggest plus for me on brave was the background play option. any other browsers you recommend instead of it that has this feature?
You mean on android mobile? Firefox for Android has a extension that works nicely to allow you to play e.g. youtube videos in the background: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-background-play-fix/
For iOS though I’ve got no idea, sorry :(
yes android thanks
idk what browsers that is it sorry.
YouTube ads cost about $0.026 (two and a half cents) per 30 seconds of viewing. This is called cpv.
It’s not fair that ss a viewer I’m not able to bid on my own to show myself an empty ad slot. I’m looking at the price of premium and it definitely seems like more revenue for YouTube than I’d give them from ads.
