I thought this guy was supposed to be stepping down - didn't he even announce the new CEO?

I primarily watch YouTube on my smart TV. There are pretty much no other options to avoid ads.

The vast majority of content my wife and I consume are on YouTube and Twitch so we get a ton of value out of YouTube Premium. I’m the only one I know irl who pays for YouTube Premium, but I also don’t subscribe to any streaming platforms except Spotify. I have Netflix free through T-Mobile but rarely use it.

As someone who was hesitant about YouTube Premium at first, I would recommend it, although I do wish they had a cheaper ad-free-only option (I don’t use YouTube music since I have Spotify). My motivation that put me over the edge was getting sick of seeing ads on my smart tv, since you can’t use an ad blocker on those.

Here is the open issue regarding this https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3008

I hope this is fixed soon, it basically makes any feed unusable and is incredibly annoying.

edit: it was just closed as completed so that's a good sign