The way consumers value things is insane to me. People will fork over $12 on DoorDash delivery fees, an overpriced drink, a coffee, etc. but to remove ads for access to an enormous vault of content that provides endless value, NEVER!!!
YouTube without sponsorblock became unusable. For iOS I recommend uYouPlus: https://github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/marketing-strategies/search/...
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https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/arts/will-cable-tv-be-inv....
> YouTube and YouTube Music ad-free, offline, and in the background
It amazes me that when it's pointed out that you can easily buy an ad-free experience, people immediately double down on some hypothetical situation where you can't.
Also, why do you have to worry about the problem that doesn't exist now. Even if they change their mind in 6 months, you would be charged for just 6 months if you decide paying at current rate is good thing to pay.
So, I would say it's unlikely Google will change this up. Premium is expensive and Google knows how easy it is to download AdBlock, even on mobile, so they'll be playing with fire.