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labrador ◴[] No.44544639[source]
I'd gladly pay for YouTube without ads if I trusted that it would remain ad free, but the track record from various companies on this is not good.
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j45 ◴[] No.44544696[source]
Youtube premium has remained adfree as far as I know.

Best to try it out yourself. I can't watch Youtube with Ads ever anymore.

If a 100% Ad-free youtube premium at the current price point ever went away, something would have to change about the ads.

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theoreticalmal ◴[] No.44544839[source]
I get an ad-free YouTube experience for $0 with software. Why do you pay for it?
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cbeley ◴[] No.44545008[source]
Because I want to actually support content creators. I also want it to be more normalized to pay for things vs having ad supported content.
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card_zero ◴[] No.44545031[source]
Do you think giving money to the world's largest ad agency will encourage them to change their business model?
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cbeley ◴[] No.44545534[source]
Their business model is already in line with my values. I give them money and in exchange I get an ad-free experience. They don't need to change.
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1. lucb1e ◴[] No.44546558{3}[source]
I'm not aware that you can pay for Google Search. That they have a paid tier for Youtube is probably to cater to another group of people rather than to "align with your values" and encourage people to actually pay for things online