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The only way to stop price increase is unsubscribing, Google need to know it's a loss, not a win.
Time to quit, just unregistered
We just had news about Bilibili going global, and their reaction is to increase prices even further?
Holy shit $16 / mo?? Did I see that right?? Wow. Just last year my partner and I really considered getting premium cuz we have some YouTubers we've been watching for like a decade. But ultimately decided against it cuz it was like $8.99 / mo.
It wasn't really worth it before, now it's even less worth it?
Revanced works perfectly fine on Android and on desktop I use an adblocker.
YouTube morphed
This is the way
Does Adblock work for YouTube?
You don't even need Revanced. Just use Firefox on both.
I like Revanced. I can listen to stuff even while the screen is locked and have sponsor block and other addons if I want. I think half the time I spend on my phone is watching Youtube and it's heaps better than Firefox with an adblocker on Android.
I have yt premium and still use revanced. Sponsor block is so goated
LOL.
YouTube was actually my only subscription. Which I of course, canceled. When it was cheap enough, I didn’t wanna bother. I did invest some effort, but I’m not paying anything anymore.
Morphe.
Consider these open-source front-ends:
No ads, no tracking, very customizable. You can import subscriptions, but signing in isn't supported except in FreeTube Mobile. Also these apps sometimes don't work for a few days whenever YT changes its back-end.
Newpipe is another option
Newpipe and Grayjay are great options!
NewPipe is shite compared to Morphe.
At least its fully foss, doesnt requir an account, no microG shit, can downlload(actually download) videos, forks have sponsord block, doesnt take up 1.5GB,
New pipe says it's dipping out after the Google changes no?
Lets see what happens
Thank you! I have ad block for PC but am forced to use mobile for awhile and was dreading the incessant ads on mobile.
I guess it's not too great of a coincidence though; YouTube is always making the platform worse, so these recommendations are flying around pretty often.
If you’re on iOS, check out Orion browser—it can install firefox extensions, including ublock. I’m pretty sure there are ways to get this done on Android, too, but I’m not familiar with them. I haven’t seen an ad on youtube in years, on desktop or mobile.
I use this for Android. https://github.com/A-EDev/Flow/
Be a pirate
Then pay and get tracked
your using the internet you are getting tracked.
Well im pretty much confident it's not that much for me
if you have an active internet connection your data is being tracked.
Then don't
DO WHAT YOU WANT CAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE!
I'm free
YARR HARR Fiddle dee dee, being a pirate is alright to be!
Use dockers app as you can. Jellyfin and others are your friends.
Tho, i can understand that's hard for most of people to setup a server.
Keep paying guys, someones gotta do it. Thank you for your service. Keeps YouTube available for the rest of us who will never, ever pay a greedy, evil fucking company like Google.
In my country, it’s $1.5. So I am paying so that you guys can get videos for free.
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