I just use a VPN to pay for YouTube Premium, and I think I pay something like £2.70 a month for it. What does annoy me now are content creators putting sponsors inside their videos to bypass the adverts. Very frustrating!
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That's where the excellent SponsorBlock for YouTube-extension comes in. Free for Firefox and Chromium browsers and a few $ for Safari and iOS(pay once and have it on macOS and iOS)
SponsorBlock for YouTube - Chrome Webstore link
I've been using it for a good while and it's refreshing watching YouTube channels that has these sponsor segment. The extension automatically skips them. There's plenty of settings to configure.
I think the author does ask for donations on the Chromium and Firefox extensions, as a payment. I haven't paid the author that way, but I paid for the Safari extension on the Mac App Store. Works the same.
I bought Premium, but in my country it's $4/month. Same with HBO Max. $4. Cancelled Netflix, because it was $11. No regrets.
Because Vanced is an Android app, also pretty sure that app got shut down earlier this year too.
Also, not everyone uses Android.
In my use case of YouTube Premium, i do much of my YouTube watching on my TV. can't exactly block ads on a TV app.
You can watch YouTube on a mobile device and stream it to the tv though. The YouTube app on Apple TV is appalling from a usability perspective
I find myself doing this more and more just because it is far more convenient (using iPhone to airplay to TV). Some of the Apple TV apps are just horrific. lol.
Oh, i know. I have a Roku Ultra & a Chromecast with Google TV for using YouTube & YouTube TV with (And apps that aren't on Apple TV) since the Apple TV version tends to get new features much later than the Roku/Chromecast apps do.
Ukraine.
I used to use India but I think YouTube caught on and limited Indian premium to 3/6 month subscriptions.
I don't use youtube premium. My reasoning is that most of the channels get demonetized anyway (even vanilla stuff like uncle roger / nigel), so the money would mostly not arrive at the creators I watch.
I don't have any ad problem. On PCs (including OSX, Linux and Windows) and mobiles (iOS), the brave webbrowser does a good job filtering out the ads. On iOS it can also play videos in the background while the screen is locked, which the youtube app can't (so I never use that).
When I watch youtube on the TV, I use my HTPC (based on Raspberry Pi 4) instead of the Wii U. It runs libreelec/kodi and there the youtube plugin also has no issues skipping all the ads.
I don't have any ad problem. On PCs (including OSX, Linux and Windows) and mobiles (iOS), the brave webbrowser does a good job filtering out the ads. On iOS it can also play videos in the background while the screen is locked, which the youtube app can't (so I never use that).
When I watch youtube on the TV, I use my HTPC (based on Raspberry Pi 4) instead of the Wii U. It runs libreelec/kodi and there the youtube plugin also has no issues skipping all the ads.