- Moonrise2473 ( @Moonrise2473@feddit.it ) English23•3 months ago
so they prefer that users use adblockers?
- geelgroenebroccoli ( @geelgroenebroccoli@feddit.nl ) English15•3 months ago
Luckily they can’t do this in the EU. As an EU-citizen, I have the right to subscribe in Romania, for example, and pay no more than a Romanian would.
- istanbullu ( @istanbullu@lemmy.ml ) English11•3 months ago
I can watch Youtube without ads using an adblocker or NewPipe. Why anyone buys Premium is beyond me.
- sunzu ( @sunzu@kbin.run ) 5•3 months ago
TV
- michael_palmer ( @michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org ) English5•3 months ago
Smarttubenext. I even install it on every hotel TV I use.
- sunzu ( @sunzu@kbin.run ) 2•3 months ago
consoles?
- michael_palmer ( @michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org ) English1•3 months ago
Open browser and go to piped/individious page. If your console doesn’t have browser than suffer.
- thanatotus ( @thanatotus@lemmy.ml ) English4•3 months ago
Could be one of the many reasons such as ensuring their favorite creators get paid for their views and end users not being tech savvy enough to know about ad blockers and NewPipe.
- Ilandar ( @Ilandar@aussie.zone ) English5•3 months ago
That’s a poor reason. Google takes a big cut, just pay the YouTuber(s) directly through their favourite donation service; most have at least one these days. This is like when people claim they pay for Spotify because they “care about supporting musicians”. It’s delusional at best and a straight up lie at worst.
- istanbullu ( @istanbullu@lemmy.ml ) English4•3 months ago
I can donate. No reason for Google to get most of it.
- thanatotus ( @thanatotus@lemmy.ml ) English1•3 months ago
That’s a good approach. But people aren’t tech savvy enough to install NewPipe in order to avoid ads. Paying for YT premium is the most user friendly way to avoid ads and support creators.
- Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼 ( @Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English4•3 months ago
Tubular is a fork of NewPipe with SponsorBlock and ReturnYouTubeDislike integration. LibreTube is another great option, which uses the Piped backend. They also have a Lemmy community, and you can check them out on Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@libretube
- Oisteink ( @Oisteink@feddit.nl ) English11•3 months ago
It sounds kinda illegal. Can Coca-cola stop me from going to Denmark to buy for danish prices and claim I have to pay Norwegian prices?
It’s directly comparable to buying danish subscription and using the service from a danish exit. If my data originates in china and are vpn-ed to Denmark they have the same cost on providing me service as anyone else in Denmark
Edit: I’ve never been to China, but it’s like really far away from Denmark.
- blindsight ( @blindsight@beehaw.org ) English3•3 months ago
There’s probably something in the terms about it, and it would take a very expensive legal battle to settle it. And I doubt it has enough legal merit to be taken on as a class-action lawsuit.
So, really, does it matter if it’s illegal? With the asymmetrical power imbalance, they literally don’t need to care about the laws. Realistically, no EU regulator is going to fine them for cancelling “a purchase made in India”, either.
- Ilandar ( @Ilandar@aussie.zone ) English3•3 months ago
There’s probably something in the terms about it
The Paid Services, and certain content available within the Paid Services, may only be available in certain countries. You agree that you will not present any false, inaccurate or misleading information in an effort to misrepresent your country of residence, and you will not attempt to circumvent any restrictions on access to or availability of the Paid Services or content available within the Paid Services.
Terminations and Suspensions by YouTube
YouTube reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Google account or your access to all or part of the Service if (a) you materially or repeatedly breach this Agreement; (b) we are required to do so to comply with a legal requirement or a court order; or © we believe there has been conduct that creates (or could create) liability or harm to any user, other third party, YouTube or our Affiliates.
I don’t understand these surprise pikachu reactions from some people. If you break the terms of service you are running the risk that the company in question will terminate your service or account at some point in the future. There is nothing controversial or surprising about this, other than the fact that Google has taken so long to get around to it.
- Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼 ( @Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English2•3 months ago
In the EU, this is illegal. As an EU resident, you have the right to subscribe to any service in another EU country.
- Oisteink ( @Oisteink@feddit.nl ) English1•3 months ago
Yeh - but it does not include efta
- stardust ( @stardust@lemmy.ca ) English10•3 months ago
Newpipe and its forks for the win.
- Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼 ( @Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English4•3 months ago
And LibreTube, they’re also on Mastodon and even have a Lemmy community: !libretube@feddit.rocks
- Ilandar ( @Ilandar@aussie.zone ) English6•3 months ago
The article is only based on a handful of accounts from reddit, but it would be quite funny considering how many people I’ve encountered who do this and think they are geniuses or morally superior because they don’t use an ad-blocker. Let’s see how they feel after a fee hike. :)
- Rykzon ( @Rykzon@discuss.tchncs.de ) English5•3 months ago
I don’t really understand who you are getting at here. Everyone I know uses this combined with regular ad blockers. Anyway, once they figure out how to properly inject ads into the stream blocking is going to get really hard.
- michael_palmer ( @michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org ) English1•3 months ago
I would not pay anyway. This is a principled position after I was shown a fraudulent advertisement 10 times in one evening (which used children with cancer to manipulate emotions)
- VodkaSolution ( @vodkasolution@feddit.it ) English6•3 months ago
Congrats, your subscription has been canceled
What subscription?