Just buy the subscription. You get the free trial for a month. Nothing changes, the money is not missed, but you actually pay for something you use a lot.
The biggest benefit is not being subjected to ads anymore just by being next to family members who don't use ad blockers. It comes with four slots for family members.
This seems like a reasonable balance between having the internet be usable while also supporting the services I use.
I might watch one or two a month, that's it. I will always prefer written content over video. The only time I go for video is when I can't find a written source.
With that little use it will not be worthwhile.
For me it says > 120 hours and I have had the subscription for 4 months. So definitely making use of it.
But they won't, and I won't stop blocking their trackers either.
I shouldn't be stalked 24/7 to sell ads.
If YT Music great? Well, no but it's fine. It has my music, podcasts and decent recommendation algorithm. Paired that with commerical free YT and it's a stellar offer.
Either watch ads, buy the subscription, or stop using YouTube.
You just want to have the cake and eat it I guess, which is fine as well.
Huh? They asked if it deserves more money. Not if it deserves money.
But also even for one individual that allowed ads, youtube premium is a huge increase to how much money youtube gets.
That would be a good deal. Now we are sandwiched between ads both inside videos and between them, and they act surprised people use ad-blockers.
i watch a couple 5-minute YT videos each day: sure, i’d happily pay 10x whatever they make from me in ads, but there’s no way they could implement that in a way which doesn’t worsen my experience overall. not to mention the whole angle of providing Google with my undeniable legal name.
Until they have reached a critical mass of subscribed users, and they start serving ads to paid users too (à la Netflix)