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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I'm not going back to using Premium until in-video sponsorships are gone! I'm not gonna pay money and then still get ball shavers advertised to me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't advise you get Premium, but I do recommend you download the free extension Sponsorblock (works on android too). It auto skips in-video sponsored segments.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I do. But its wild that the free experience is better then the payed one!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The egregious amount and length of in-video sponsorships are why I cancelled YouTube premium.

Ad-free should mean ad-free.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yes exact same for me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

In-video sponsorships are almost certainly never going to be gone for every channel, and definitely not as a part of premium since those sponsorships are done voluntarily by creators. As another said, the sponsorblock extension works great, find creators that dont do sponsors, or just skip manually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

get premium with Indian vpn for 1€/month, get browser extension to skip all BS segments like intros, outros, sponsorships or whatever -> enjoyable experience