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YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

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990 points smitop | 2 comments | 20 Jun 25 17:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.612s | source
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ttyyzz ◴[20 Jun 25 18:06 UTC] No.44330288[source]▶
Having to pay for something so that's "less annoying" is the worst business model. YouTube Premium is very expensive. I had it for a while when I got a Pixel smartphone with a few months of YouTube Premium included. It was great. I also understand that streaming on this scale must entail incredibly high operating costs; the money has to come from somewhere. It's simply a dilemma. But there has to be a better way. Any ideas?
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1. pie_flavor ◴[20 Jun 25 23:18 UTC] No.44333022[source]▶
Premium is a good deal if you would have already had Music, and Music is pretty great while also being a good deal. They also have a cheaper 'Premium Lite' these days, though apparently some content still has ads if you use it.
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2. charcircuit ◴[21 Jun 25 01:47 UTC] No.44333808[source]▶
>some content still has ads if you use it

It's for content that use music. As you said of you want ad free music you need the full one.