Hacker News Reader

Comment by blamazon | Hacker News Reader

YouTube premium is 12 dollars a month.

For me, this is worth it to remove ads and add background play and picture-in-picture.

That's a valid argument, but Vanced also had sponsorblock which auto-skipped all those tedious intros, "please install this adware mobile game and smash that subscribe button" and boring outros.

I will be very eagerly monitoring the situation with hope a successor will arise.

On the YouTube iOS app, where I consume most of my YouTube content, you can tap on the right side of the video for 10 second skips - 6 taps, 60seconds of skip. Or something like that anyway, I just tap until I see/hear what I want.

This is how I skip any content that bores me, which is a category that does include mobile game sponsorships but goes beyond what sponsorblock offers.

The problem with skipping is you have to be active with fingers. And, its perfunctory to keeping tapping forward and backward. Many creators put multiple ads, with bombastic approach like you should install this vpn to protect yourself, really? It isn't just ads, but sponsor blocked saves time by skipping unnecessary portion

I personally stopped my subscription after their decision to remove the dislike counter. Ultimately does not change anything for them, but I just couldn't justify it.

If you use an Indian VPN to subscribe, you can get it for about 2 usd a month.

YouTube Premium includes a music streaming subscription, something I already have with someone else, so something I’m not looking to pay for twice just to not see adverts on YouTube.

Because I don’t watch YouTube much, I would be willing to pay maybe $2-3 per month to get of rid of adverts. I heard they are in some countries exploring such an option, hopefully they roll it out to my country eventually.

In the meantime I avoid the YouTube tvOS and iOS apps due to the obscene amount of adverts. The iOS app is particularly obnoxious as it prompts for a free premium trial every time I open it.

Privacy is the main problem - though I'm not sure how Vanced fared on that front (did their modifications also neuter any spyware and malicious features from the app?).

I do not have a Google account and do not want one - Google has no place in my life other than being a malicious website I sometimes have to visit when other search engines fail.

I want to support creators and do the right thing, but this means I'd have to let an undesirable creep into my private life and provide them with valid personal details so that they can process the payment. That's not something I want to do, so alternative clients (Invidious in my case) and ad-blockers are the way to go.

I'd pay for Youtube Premium if they'd let me use SponsorBlock with their Android app.

That's way too much, they're not making 12 dollars per month from me seeing the same 3 ads over and over.

At the rate my time and aggravation is worth, I would be spending way more than 12 dollars a month watching the proverbial "same 3 ads" over and over.

There are some people going around selling a year worth of YT Premium for $20, it works pretty well.

You can find them on Reddit.

Are they just not selling accounts purchased wtih stolen credit cards?

As another poster mentioned, YouTube Premium in India costs roughly $2 USD/month. And Premium Family (shareable with 5 accounts) is about $2.50 USD/month.

So subscribing via an Indian VPN can get you Premium for roughly $20 a year. Or get a Family plan for less than $30/year, and re-selling the extra slots on Reddit for about $20 a pop will net you ~$50 USD in profit.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com