Spyke
lugalreply
sopuli.xyz

The add is German for sure so that would make sense

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Also barbie Deutsch......hmm, we may need to hire a forensic scientist to solve this.

Ge(t)sponsored!

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sagreply
lemm.ee

Redditor username have Germany too.

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lemmy.ca

And they have a German accent. I can tell from the way they type.

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Obinicereply
lemmy.world

Huh weird, the only reason to use Premium is to cut out the adverts.

"Would you like to buy Premium?" "Ooh, what do I get?" "YOU GET NOTHING! GOOD DAY SIR!"

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If Premium Lite was like described in the article, just ad free YouTube without other features like YouTube Music, but for half the price, then it would actually be a good deal

But since the user is getting ads it seems like something else

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sh.itjust.works

As another reply said already

Imagine cable tv! (in the US at least, and, it seems, Canada, too)

It is so absurd until you realize people already accepted that shit.. wtf!!!

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Aniviareply
feddit.org

No, most TV in Germany is either paid and with ads (ARD, ZDF, or private stations with HD+) , or free and with even more ads (RTL, Pro7 etc. in SD resolution). Paid TV without ads (Sky) is only used by a small minority

And the few ad supported stations that are free are only free if you use Satellite TV, half of Germany still uses cable TV and has to pay a monthly fee to Vodafone for those, in addition to our broadcasting fees that everyone has to pay

Source: Am German

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Okay, it is possible to get them for free (except the ÖR which I forgot, because the fee is mandatory for each household) which is what I meant but yes, there are lots of ads, but american TV also has I would say as many ads.

Source: also German

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gmgmgmreply
lemmy.world

I went to a Regal Cinema for the first time a few months ago and they played 20 minutes of ads that began at the advertised movie start times. Insane.

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lemm.ee

Was that the first time you've ever been to the movies? It's been like that for decades. Always go in 20 minutes after the start time.

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gmgmgmreply
lemmy.world

Last time I went it was in black and white and accompanied by an orchestra

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Ganbatreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

I went to my local theater expecting this and ended up missing the first ten minutes of Venom 3. I guess the moral of the story is... Shop local?

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I went to my local theater expecting this and ended up missing the first ten minutes of Venom 3

Win win.

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lemm.ee

That's stupid. Why would you go to the movies just to walk out before it even started?

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lemmy.ca

If it’s past the start time and it’s not on then why would I expect it to come on?

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We have different ideas of what start times mean

I do the same with sports

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And that's always been bs. But at least then I can get tmy seats online and show up "late"

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Resonosityreply
lemmy.world

Imagine not using NewPipe, which has no ads and can play music in the background while you use other apps simultaneously (Samsung only feature I've heard, but still)

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Eduardreply
lemmy.world

Or imagine installing uBlock Origin and not seeing ads at all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

YouTube really promoted uBlock more than uBlock could even promote itself

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Fareshreply
lemmy.ml

Don't use ublock, use ublock origin, the latter is open-source and trustworthy.

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Thank you for the correction! I meant origin and forgot to write it :)

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The only benefit now, but what if they start to serve 30 non-skippable ads without premium and ONLY 5 with premium, what a deal! Right?

the “lesser evil” strategy is so hot rn

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lemmy.world

Firefox with ad blocker? You are wasting your money.

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astanixreply
lemmy.world

My wife uses a TV to watch YouTube, My kid uses a phone, My other kid uses a tablet.

Saying just use ad block isn't feasible for everyone.

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Raireply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

Even on an iPhone, you can use vinegar to block YT ads. Or Firefox Focus.

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lemmy.world

+1 for Vinegar. My only real complaint is that I use Firefox as a daily driver, and Vinegar only works with Safari. Even though Firefox is using the Safari engine under the hood on iOS, (because Apple doesn’t allow third party browser engines like Firefox’s Gecko, and forces everyone to use WebKit instead,) it doesn’t support Safari extensions.

I’m fine with switching to Safari to watch YouTube… But since Firefox is my default browser, YouTube links automatically open in Firefox. There isn’t a way to specify that I want everything except YouTube to open in my default browser.

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I feel you! Firefox Focus is my daily driver, but occasionally its adblocking doesn’t work on YouTube so I have to manually open it in Safari :c

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Funkwonkerreply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

SmartTube for TV and ReVanced/uYouPlus for Andriod/IOS devices. SmartTube can be tricky to set up depending on the TV, but the mobile apps are relatively simple to get working.

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lemmy.world

There is no ReVanced or uYouPlus for iOS. You have to sideload that shit, cuz YouTube is too far up Apple’s ass for them to allow something like that on the App Store.

Ironically, they allow Vinegar. But only because it’s a Safari extension (and Apple likes when people use Safari more than they like the money from YouTube.)

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You have to sideload that shit

That's a price you pay when you buy apple. Thankfully it is still an option, just takes a bit more time and effort than on android.

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lemm.ee

On a TV use SmartTube. On QN Android device (phone or tablet) use LibreTube (or InnerTune for music)

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lemmy.world

And then you're stuck constantly reminding every family member which app to use on which device when they come to you because they're getting ads or something isn't working right.

For a single power use that's fine, for a family with kids, it's nearly impossible without going crazy and killing them.

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I took the YouTube app from the main screen and let only the smartube app so everyone is forced to use it. Worked

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beercluereply
lemmy.world

The stock YouTube app can be disabled, and they only have one choice... Works for my kids.

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This. Remove/block options that allow ads and keep the ones that filter then.

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uBlock origin and Sponsorblock work for me on Firefox Android Beta.

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And I don't pay for Spotify or any other music service. Premium yt videos is just a bonus

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Robinreply
lemmy.world

Sure but that's obviously unsustainable

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Serinusreply
lemmy.world

But something like $7 for premium without ads is absolutely sustainable. But, you know, line go up more.

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Yeah the prices do keep creeping up.. And they should have kept Premium Lite without YT Music

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discuss.tchncs.de

Do creator even get any real amount of money from the money collected through premium?

Buying premium seems like the dumbest shit imaginable to me.

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Natanaelreply
slrpnk.net

They do, and based on reported stats it gets them more per viewer. No idea if anybody's audited those stats though

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NateSwiftreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

Not sure about currently but at least a year or two ago creators could see the split of premium views & income vs free views and income and premium views always paid out more

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They still can. Whether premium or ad supported views pays more depends on the channel and the value of the adverts that are streamed on it. For channels / topics that advertisers are keen to appear on the ad supported views pay more, for more niche interests the premium views pay more.

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They get 2/3, as opposed to 55% of ad revenue and nothing from adblock users

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lemmy.eco.br

I have ad blocker on my pc, but pay for youtube premium for the TV app and the youtube music.

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Use LibreTube or InnerTune, no need to pay. I've heard good things about SmartTube too

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lemmy.world

And this is why i,won't start paying them money. They will never be content and will just keep pushing ads further and further.

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lemmy.world

Yeah the price will increase or ads or both. But it never just stops. It's never enough

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The growth must continue!

Even when you've reached complete market saturation...

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unalivejoyreply
lemm.ee

Don't disable uBlock Origin, even when you have YT premium. Using Chrome counts as disabling uBlock Origin

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unalivejoyreply
lemm.ee

At that point, you're just paying for YouTube Music.

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feddit.nl

I feel like you don't fully understand that the line can go up. At the expense of everything...

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And009reply
reddthat.com

The logo gives you a sense of pride and accomplishment

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And009reply
reddthat.com

It's PR nightmare, but also comedy gold. We all know what they say about gold.

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lemmy.world

The second I get an ad on premium I cancel my subscription. Blocking ads on apple tv wasn’t easy, but Ill find a way

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Same not paying a dollar if they do that shit. I'd rather become a patron of the channels I like.

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Sideload the uYou+Extras app on your iPhone and then just use AirPlay to watch youtube videos on apple TV. Gets around adverts 99% of the time. Sometimes one will slip through, just close the video and reopen it and it’ll not have an advert anymore.

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programming.dev
  • Web: Firefox + uBlock Origin
  • Mobile (Android only): Grayjay
  • TV (Android): Smarttube
  • iPhone/iPad: Brave Browser

Enjoy

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You can, but I like using an app, because for example I can use pip with grayjay (watch video while doing something else), I'm not sure if that is possible with firefox + ublock

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At least for me it doesn't keep autoplaying videos/going to next video on Youtube (probably a setting I could change somewhere). Grayjay is pretty handy for other media platforms as well.

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Newpipe on android also works. Also viewing YouTube via the browser with uBlock origin on mobile works.

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Read Bioreply
lemm.ee

A more bigger list:

Web: Firefox (or any firefox fork on apple tech you can use safari + adguard) with Ublock origin + libreredirect. The yt frontend sites: Invidious,Piped(broken at this time),Poketube (my personal favorite)

Mobile (Android and Ios): Yattee(The only ios client, broken can only stream local downloaded content or from Poketube servers.),Clipious (invidious client built with flutter),Libretube(Piped,broken at this time),Grayjay (source available not strictly youtube client),Vlc media player (Ios and android not strictly a yt client it can play downloaded videos or stream from poketube servers),Tubular(Newpipe with sponsor block and return youtube dislike not strictly a yt client you can use regular newpipe aswell.),Freetube(unofficial).

PC(Linux,Windows and Macos): Plasmatube, (fits well with kde plasma a little to quiet),QTube(Yt client built with qt,Embeds yts site),Freetube (if your fine with Electron which is using chromium),Vlc media player (said above).

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ddhreply
lemmy.sdf.org

Am I just an idiot or is Yattee basically unusable?

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Read Bioreply
lemm.ee

It is unusable for me aswell(I tried it on my moms iphone), I changed the reply so that people know.

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I want Yattee to succeed. When I could get it to work (like 5% of the time), it was refreshing that I was searching for and finding my own videos, not just being distracted by and fed the YouTube algorithm.

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Additionally, there's freetube for android, newpipe, tubular (newpipe with sponsorblock), and safari + adguard

also grayjay is source available rather than open source

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Thanks for correcting me and adding more frontends, I just out some on top of my mind.

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My premium is about to run out, and I had solutions for both my TV and phone via my TV's homebrew store and ReVanced. Didn't know that Brave just completely shut down ads on iPad, though. Amazing tip, thanks a bunch!

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Sam_Bassreply
lemmy.world

i dont care how "premium" ads are im not paying for them

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Maybe they're premium ads because the advertisers pay extra for access to a pool of self-selected suckers.

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sh.itjust.works

If it’s true and I get ads on my Premium (which.. to be fair I’m not paying full price anyway 😅), it may be the last push I needed to finally start reading books again..

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Hey, so I canceled my YouTube Premium subscription a couple of months back and decided to pick up reading instead. It's a different kind of entertainment, but I'm actually really enjoying it. I've been finding some really great books, and I'm finding it just as hard to put them down as I used to find it hard to stop binge-watching my favorite channels.

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I did it! Canceled Premium!

I thought maybe to change it to a sub to Nebula or something… but then I realized it’d be like trading heavy cigarette smoking for heavy vape smoking.

Now begins the « ween the brain off overstimulation » phase 😅

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lemmy.world

these posts are just getting ridiculous. USE. BRAVE. OR. FIREFOX.

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YouTube ads cost about $0.026 (two and a half cents) per 30 seconds of viewing. This is called cpv.

It's not fair that ss a viewer I'm not able to bid on my own to show myself an empty ad slot. I'm looking at the price of premium and it definitely seems like more revenue for YouTube than I'd give them from ads.

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lemm.ee

Yep.. although.. Lately my TV PC’s CPU has been groaning under the weight of all the Firefox addons required to make YouTube usable lol.

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Less is sometimes more honestly. Its likely you've got so much running that they're fighting each other. See if you've got overlapping features and remove as many as possible while still keeping the same functionality.

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I have premium too once I saw an ad and complained and it turned out to be a bug. I even had engineers reach out with questions when they were fixing the issue.

Maybe that has happened here? They have announced any changes.

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lemmy.one

I get ads on premium sometimes. I think it's a fluke but def unacceptable

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feddit.org

Damn I just have ublock origin, so I never get ads and I don't pay a cent. Hope your premium membership works out for you tho

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bitwolfreply
lemmy.one

Thanks, I'm still grandfathered in at the beta price, but I mainly use it for discovering music to add to my Plex collection. The free YouTube is a bonus for me.

I know it's temporary, I'll probably cancel when Im asked to pay full price

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Pikareply
sh.itjust.works

I didn't realize that they still had grandfather's subscriptions, I was the same where I got it at a lower price, but they decided that they weren't going to honor that price 2 years ago and raised it anyway. I've told myself I'm dropping the sub if it goes up again because honestly it's current price is a little outrageous. But I watch over a thousand hours of YouTube a year so therefore it's worth it to me.

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The thing is I don't think I'm supposed to be. They said they'd terminate it so I'm just grateful for the borrowed time I have.

I've been subscribed since the minute GPM launched the beta.

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Oooh, like when the whole purpose of paying for cable television was no ads?

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I get ads on premium sometimes. I think it’s a fluke but def unacceptable

That's among the reasons why even with premium an ad blocker is required.

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It's a bug with the android app.

I've seen it maybe 3 times in 8ish years on my phone. Never once in the TV app.

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jlai.lu

For everyone on Android, you can just patch the youtube app using ReVanced, which will remove ads, add sponsorblock, allow you to hide shorts and the "People also watched" sections. It can be pretty tricky to patch if you don't know what you're doing so feel free to tell me if you run into any issues.

If you don't care about the algorithm and your feed, you can get the third-party client NewPipe, it's FOSS but sometimes crashes while reading some videos It does not seem to crash anymore, so good thing!

Pick one!

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zigguratreply
lemmy.world

I use gray Jay instead, it has become really good the last wave of updates. Wife is on revanced, I'll change her over if gray jay adds shorts.

There is still a few paper cut issues with it, but over all I prefer gray jay over the official YouTube app.

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Hadriscusreply
lemm.ee

I don't think I've ever had NP crash. What do you mean by "some videos"?

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Strange, I've had a video that crashed newpipe every time but now it seems to play fine. Maybe because it was a "Coming soon" video? Anyways it seems like it works fine now, I also had a bug where leaving the app would crash the app instead of doing background play but I also can't get it to occur again. I'll edit my original comment.

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lemm.ee

"This is why I never bought YouTube premium"

Points out very recent issue with YouTube premium

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That was something that gets discussed now and then in politics but no. We have a lot of ads targeted to children.

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A few years ago I got this experience on mobile and posted about it on r/assholedesign, but it was autoremoved as a banned repost even though I didn't see anything like it. Yet another ban happy subreddit, I'm glad to be out of that place. This is truly awful though, and why I'm happy to use revanced.

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If I'm paying monthly for a service without ads and I see a single (1) advertisement, I should at least get a month of free subscription because the other party is in breach of contract.

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lemm.ee

Books don't have intrusive ads. Stop consuming YouTube slop.

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lol here we are, just after a few weeks when people were defending how yt premium was the best subscription plan ever on Lemmy. people deserve to be scammed like this tbh

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The only time I've had an ad on YouTube with premium(on their site) is when I went in to invisible mode.

In my opinion it's absolutely stupid that invisible mode has the capability of detecting that you have an account because it skips the age verification blocker on content-sensitive videos, but it gives ads to people with premium. It's obviously able to see that you have a YouTube account so therefore it should be able to just do the next step of saying okay does this account have premium. The only thing people are asking for was it to not log the videos they're watching but they had to make it some Next Generation NASA level secret hidden profile shit that doesn't actually do anything.

Also it really bugs me that they've added ads for YouTube and beds on discord. If I have my YouTube account linked to my Discord account I should not receive ads on the in bed. It should be able to see my YouTube account via electrons cookie system and be able to link it to an account that has premium.

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How much per ad man? I'm jealous 😀. I need my Downy and Toilet paper ads man. Maybe we could record the ads for prosperity and share them?

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lemmy.world

Jesus, what a miserable outlook. Maybe take a break from being online for a while.

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TrickDacyreply
lemmy.world

Because why express a thought in your own words when you can parrot some annoying phrase everyone else says?

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