As a long-time user hearing YouTube wants to play extra ads when I pause a video - eviltoast
  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Until they pull a Microsoft and start throwing ads into the paid model as well.

    Or like all the other streaming platforms that you paid a subscription for to not see ads, but believe it or not you now have ads.

    • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today
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      8 months ago

      Unfortunately, this is becoming increasingly common. Amazon now also shows ads on the Prime streaming service even though you already pay a subscription fee for it.

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      8 months ago

      yeah I havent experienced it myself with YouTube, but I have heard some people say they pay for premium and they’ve started getting ads 😡 YouTube is a huge part of my life and I would be livid if this happened and I don’t know what I would do because I don’t know how I could live without YT I would love to say that I would abandon YouTube if they pulled this shit on me, but I just can’t even imagine my life without YouTube. I don’t pay for any other service, no Hulu, no Disney Plus, no HBO blah blah whatever the heck other people are paying for. when I’m craving watching something, I always go to YouTube. And I have several YouTube channels too, so YT is an integral part of my life 😭