This ad just popped up and it should be more infuriating than just mildly, But it’s more of Google being Google. How many different tiers of YouTube are there now so Alphabet can skim off slightly higher margins from each user possible? Premium LITE? Really? And I am just tickled by the fact that the main perk is not that it removes ads but that there will be slightly less of them. “Pay us to watch ads” Is the new corporate standard.

  • sigezayaq@startrek.websiteEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    they are trying so hard for people to pay for AI that they have to include unrelated stuff in the package lmao

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    79·
    2 days ago

    There was a rule back in the 90s that the more words were used in the title of the software the worse it was. Adobe Photoshop was good. Corel DrawMaker 3.5 for Windows 98 Special Edition was crap.

  • osanna@lemmy.vgEnglish
    25·
    2 days ago

    lmao. I haven’t seen a youtube ad in years, and I use it almost all day, and yet, I don’t pay anything for it.

      • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        15 hours ago

        I have found I use less of things they make inaccessible. They took reddit away and I have been fine, for once people are talking to me and I havent already read the top comments on the topic. Their move to block old.reddit.com will probably get rid of the last bits I use it for, the odd movie review thread or search for a wank.

        • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          it genuinely makes me a bit angry that y’all never mention lineage, why are you ignoring by far the most normalized and usable android distribution??

          • sunnyjim@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1·
            7 hours ago

            I just wasn’t aware that Lineage is degoogled, that’s all.

            It’s not some conspiracy against Lineage, Lineage seems great. Haven’t used it in a while but that’s just because I use e/OS personally.

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        21·
        2 days ago

        Then get iOS and run yt plus. Quite literally iOS users CAN still run adless youtube even though it’s a bit of a hack (refresh every 7 days via SideStore app on your phone unless you have a dev membership)

        Or the better solution if you care about privacy and freedom over convenience, get an Android phone with an openable bootloader. Preferably one that’s not a Pixel.

        • Starya67@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          My next phone will be a Fairphone, but I’m not made of money so I’m stuck with my Samsung atm.

          • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            Haven’t kept up with the Android ecosystem after moving to iOS. I hear GrapheneOS is working with Motorola to support an upcoming phone of theirs if you’re privacy minded (GrapheneOS) and don’t want a Pixel (only device it currently runs on)

  • Chais@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    14·
    2 days ago

    Wow, I could get that thing I don’t care for by paying for that other thing I don’t care for. What a great deal.

  • eezeebee@lemmy.caEnglish
    32·
    2 days ago

    I prefer YouTube Premium Plus Silver tier. It still has ads, but they are premium ads, which I find go down my throat more smoothly. Anything less makes me gag.

    • StumblingWasabi@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      5 hours ago

      The premium ads are selected based off of your habits to ensure their products that you’ll love. (In small text) if you go more than a week without purchasing one of these products there will be an additional charge

  • darkmarx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 days ago

    “Pay us and watch ads” has been around a long time. That’s what cable tv was. We’ve gone full circle.

    One day, something new will come along and kill streaming in the same way streaming did cable. Once things get this fragmented, something else always comes along to replace it, and the cycle will repeat.

    It will be cheap, easy to use, and everyone will switch. Once enough people move over, the big corporations will get involved and the enshitification will begin. It will be adveetised to death, segmented, and people will look for an alternative.

  • Reygle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    2 days ago

    “Buy this other ludicrous thing from us that you don’t want for partial benefit on this other thing you hate!”

  • AmbitiousProcess (they/them)@piefed.socialEnglish
    123·
    2 days ago

    the main perk is not that it removes ads but that there will be slightly less of them.

    It does remove ads in most videos, just not in Shorts, or on music videos. The whole deal is they’re essentially un-bundling a music subscription from YT Premium, which makes it cheaper, and is then better if you, say, watch YouTube, but already use Spotify for your music.

    Essentially, you don’t see any ads when you watch videos, AKA no midrolls, but you might see a small banner ad above the list of next suggested videos to the right of the video player, and if you constantly scroll shorts they might toss some ads in there as well.

    Personally, as someone who doesn’t use YouTube for music, and doesn’t like scrolling shorts, I see this as perfectly reasonable as a way to reduce the cost, especially when you can click the Theater mode button on any video to block out the majority of the suggested videos area by default before any sidebar ad would even make it on your screen.