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I hate ads so much that I'm actually paying for Youtube premium. I work in IT, I build systems, I know there are various solutions, but none of them guarantee that I can travel freely with my cellphone and connect it to any smart TV and get an AD-free experience.

So I'll gladly pay for that freedom.

Freedom is very important to me, not just that it's open source, or that I have power over ads, but also freedom of time and leisure. Ads take away freedom from me, it's a powerless feeling when an ad comes on. Real 1stworldproblem here but since we're on the topic...

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The only trick I know of is to use a VPN provider to connect to Argentina or Turkey and buy YouTube Premium from there. Works with your normal account. Showed this trick to my dad and he now pays $2 per month instead of $16. In India you can buy a whole year for $16, but our credit cards didn't work.

I'm happy with uBlock Origin :D

That's wild, if true. I mean I pay about 11 USD/month for my Youtube premium, but 2 dollars sounds insane. And I think youtube music is included in that.

It is because without price localization, most of USD based subscriptions or purchases would be lunacy. For example if the US price of Factorio was directly converted into Turkish Lira, it would cost ~10% of monthly minimum wage.

But please, I plead people to not abuse it. It only forces developers to bump up prices and make games and digital goods inaccessible. [1]. There was already a x10 price bump last year with Steam Turkish localization exchange rate update and rumors say another x2 is coming soon.

I understand people like cheap stuff but please don't pull the ladder on us. I apologize for not being born in the "correct" country but getting out isn't as easy and we deserve to have some minor entertainment meanwhile. There is already an economical crisis going on.

[1]: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/588650/view/33467576...

This is the exact reason I still pay for Pandora (music streaming service): to remove the advertisements.

My dentist's office doesn't pay for this service, so I have to hear advertisements while under the drill... which is frustrating. I've even offered to pay for Doc's subscription!

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