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I don’t mind paying. I do mind paying $15 and then see still ads (Thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring this comment). Plus the algorithm keeps getting worse and worse.

I’d prefer to pay like $5. I don’t need YouTube music.

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$5/mo without YouTube Music would be an easy buy for me. I’d gladly pay that to support creators, remove ads on my tv, and to stop having to sideload uyou+ on my phone. I have zero interest in YouTube music as Apple Music has great offline support on the watch for my backcountry rides.

I don’t understand this logic. Why do you think it would be cheaper without YouTube music? YouTube music literally is just YouTube. Every song on there can be found on YouTube, the only reason it’s even a separate app and included in premium is due to the lack of ads facilitating a better music listening experience.

Because YouTube themselves considers Music as an add-on, and was willing to have a cheaper Premium tier without Music in certain countries before they discontinued it.

https://9to5google.com/2023/09/26/youtube-premium-lite-shut-...

Sponsorblock is 95%+ effective against these

Whole point of youtube premium is getting rid of ads on mobile/tvs

Sure, and there are sponsorblock solutions for both mobile and TV

The hilarious thing about all the VPN ads is that they are collecting all the same tracking information as Google and Facebook and aren’t even protecting you from that existing tracking.

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