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> youtube premium where occasionally I have to skip through a preroll ad

I thought YouTube Premium was ad-free?

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It's free of ads from YouTube. Plenty of videos have baked in ads from the content creators themselves.

Check out SponsorBlock.

that's why https://sponsor.ajay.app/ exists

If you dislike them, check out the SponsorBlock extension, which will skip in-video ads. While you're at it, also get DeArrow, which chooses a random frame as the thumbnail and allows community written titles that accurately describe the videos.

But at that point why not block all ads without paying? (That's what I do.)

I think you and the comment you replied to are talking about different things. The comment you replied to IS talking about skipping these inline ads without paying (SponsorBlock). If you aren't using it and are watching the same videos, you're also seeing these ads.

xdennis is asking why bother paying for premium if you still need to use sponsorblock. Why not just use sponsorblock + (uBlock Origin, or yt-dl, or etc) to remove both forms of ads for free.

Too bad sponsorblock will not work on tv((

I don’t actually mind those, because at least you can skip past them manually; if they stop allowing THAT, though, THEN…

Pretty much every streaming service with a "no ads" tier does this. I agree it's infuriating.

It goes deeper too. Original programming (film / tv) seems to contain paid product placement with no disclosure.

I bought an licensed VHS of Mission Impossible in '96, and had to FFW through trailers for other movies made by that studio.

Parent comment was comparing YouTube TV to YouTube Premium.

Two different products. YouTube Premium removes the YouTube-inserted ads.

YouTube TV is a different product. It tries to compete with cable and satellite TV (which also serve ads despite hefty monthly fees)

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