• letsgo
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    5 months ago

    Took me less than a minute of googling to find “hey, I’m paying for premium, why am I seeing adverts?” and it turns out there are a whole pile of exceptions that means YT can show you ads even when you’re paying them not to.

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      5 months ago

      I personally have had premium for ~3 years and I’ve never seen an ad. Sounds like FUD to me. I can’t believe I’m defending Google of all companies, I no longer use any of their products including Gmail, Search & Maps.

      But nothing comes close to YouTube, it’s just them and a bunch of also-rans, and it’s literally the only streaming service I pay for because it simply cannot be replicated in any other way.