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Really? The endgame could be pushing ppl towards premium, but even then I don't trust google not to start showing ads for premium users.

If AdBlock and sponsorblock fail on yt I'll just leave for nebula.

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I believe that indeed, when a large part of their users would switch to Premium, Google will start serving "light" ads to Premium as well, and will try to sell it as a Premium feature

And regardless, they never said they wouldn't track the premium users. In fact, they've doxxed themselves to youtube by paying and painted a target on their back by signaling they have money. And it is easier to track users that have to sign in. So they double dip on money and improved tracking.

What's the selling point of premium if not removing ads?

Once things like attestation roll in, if you are premium user you'll still be able to skip the add after 30s ;)

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