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The inferior experience in terms of YouTube is the increase in ads. I like to think of it as a price increase due to inflation.
> It feels scummy since it didn't start with "first X are free" and shows a lack of upfront monetization strategy.
That's a standard practice actually. I have seen new restaurants offer food for free on the day of opening to attract customers and then charge from next day onwards. They will also gradually keep increasing their prices to cope up with inflation and/or other reasons.
> It's highly objective if you actually use arguments, which you don't.
Treating your preference as objective just shows how much disconnected you are from the reality. In my country, YouTube is the goto choice for music. Moreover, YouTube ads are skipable, but Spotify ads aren't.
> Using the term piracy here is playing into the game of anti competitive companies who continually lobby governments to get their way over the actual desires of citizens.
Desires of citizens like you is to get everything for free. That's what I have understood.
> You haven't really supported your quasi marketing campaign claims about the YouTube experience.
Your happy customers are your best marketers.
> Truth is: They had a product that was good. Made it shitty and told you to pay if you want what you had. You pay and laud it.
I agree, they did make the product shitty for free users. But that won't make me and many others stop using it.
It makes sense only if you believe everything on the internet should be free.
> YouTube music is in no way better than Spotify.
I don't disagree. It's highly subjective.
> The benefits you site are possible without their premium, using other apps
Piracy is always an option. But if you choose not to do it, buying premium makes sense.
However, where did you find the steps to install this with Docker? I can't find it.
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