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They might not show you ads but they can still recommend you certain products based on a sales commission.

I pay almost the same amount for youtube premium as chatgpt plus. And when I see the creators inserting their own sponsored ads I get frustrated. It stopped youtube's own ads but not the product placements and other ads by the creators.

Agreed, this would also make me angry.

Not author.

SponsorBlock [0] works pretty well for me (on FF):

"SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension and open API for skipping sponsor segments in YouTube videos."

[0]: https://sponsor.ajay.app/

And hide other products that don't bid enough in the keyword auction.

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