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Comment by ericsoderstrom | Hacker News Reader

Looks like youtube premium just gives you no ads and allows for video downloads. Which you already can get using ublock and youtube-dl if you're watching from a computer. People who are big fans of youtube premium is it because you're using youtube mostly on mobile device, or is there some other advantage here I'm missing?

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It gives me no ads on mobile (both OSs), PC browser (without worrying about pre-roll or banner ads sneaking through a filter that breaks), Chromecast (without dealing with a pi-hole), and the knowledge that my spouse isn't having to deal with ads either (she wouldn't mind enough otherwise to deal with extensions), plus downloads on all those platforms, and background play without using an unofficial app. And it does that all while giving a bigger cut of money to people who make the videos than they would get even if I watched the ads.

Downloads and no ads on my mobile device (so I can listen while running) and on Roku on my TV. It also allows you to play videos with the phone screen off, which I don't think the free plan does.

A collage of corporate platforms that together limit what you can do to extract more value from you. Beautiful.

(I.e., you can't use uBlock Origin or youtube-dl on mobile devices and TVs easily, and that's the way they want it.)

Having the YouTube on the TV without ads is my personal favorite feature.

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