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YouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated | Blocking ad-block users::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

This is a controversial viewpoint on here. You have to be pirating everything and using Linux otherwise you are corporate shill and will be downvoted for having a different viewpoint. Talk about an echo chamber.

I have used YouTube premium for years and years now, it is the best value subscription service I use. I haven’t seen an ad in years, I don’t have to find loopholes and I get to support the creators that produce great content. Also music.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to have premium for $9.99/mo until I got an email about them raising their rates come December. No thank you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Use a VPN and set your location to turkey. It’s ~$15-20 for the year. You never have to use the VPN again once you’ve purchased the subscription

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just tried and it said I needed a payment method from the country.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Just move to Turkey. Start a new job. Find the love of your life. Get married. Have kids. Grow old together, and support your children as they age in to adulthood. Spend your golden years relaxing. Maybe visit some beaches.

Oh yeah, and I guess use your Turkish payment method at some point in there too. I'm guessing at some point in there you got like a credit card or something

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You could probably use Wise, but why bother.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Huh, it worked fine for me, but this was maybe ~3 months ago.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

India is even cheaper. I pay 1$ a month.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't, but I'm fine with paying for premium. I hate that a lot of content has sponsored content that your premium subscription doesn't remove. Even if I paid for premium I'd still need to have SponsorBlock to make it watchable.

[–] scottyjoe9 3 points 1 year ago

I pay for premium but I ended up installing revanced on my phone so I could disable shorts and it also skips in-video ads which is really nice. I didn't disable YouTube's ad blocking though because I don't need to.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm wondering,.can you use sponsorblock with premium YT?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Like install the extension on top of the subscription? Yes