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No it's not, ad blocker is working perfectly... :)
Now even more seriously, the amount of ads and how aggressive they are is what led to people using adblockers. It's ridiculous having to see 2 full 20 sec ads at the beggining and then interrupting as it pleases every 3 or 4 mins. On top of that the ads are all lies or manipulation. Fuck Google and their shitty ads.
YouTube Premium? LMAO! Not worth the price, if they had a simpler cheaper tier, just for no ads, 2€ per month I'd might consider it. 8.50€? Fucking rip off. Again, fuck Google.
Honestly, going back to that many ads would annoy me now, but I dealt with it in the day, the thing that finally got me to start adblocking everything were ads that would crash the video players, and ads that would play for like 10 minutes but were skippable after 20 seconds. I play stuff in the background all the time , I shouldn't have to actively monitor an ad.
For me, it's always volume on ads. Ads are usually like 5x louder than what you're watching so it's just an assault on your ears.
Youtube premium really only makes sense if you're going to use youtube music as well, in which case its a decent value. At least here in the states, spotify is $11/month whereas youtube premium is $14/month.
I have hated the trend of companies bundling services to charge more instead of separating it.
Oh I'd much rather it be piecemeal with the option of bundling it, don't get me wrong. It's just a bit misleading to try to frame it as only ad free youtube
When it comes to these forced bundles if the added service isn't something I'd pay I just price it at what they are asking for, since whether it includes extra doesn't matter when there isn't a choice to separate it. It's just an approach I've taken due to services like PS+ paywalling multiplayer while I didn't care about the "free games".
I have absolutely no interest in music streaming services. I discover the music on Youtube, yes, but if I like the band enough I buy the download. Specially since my music tastes are non mainstream.
Better to donate that $11 or $14 / mo to uBlock Origin - that way you're paying people who are actually providing a service to you. With YouTube (Google) you're not the consumer, you're the product.
even better deal if you're still grandfathered into the $9.99/mo tier like I am. I know they said they would increase those prices... but so far not