[LaFolle]

Youtube premium. $12 CAD/month. No ads + videos can play in the background.

On the other hand it wasn't worth for us to spend time/money on Netflix/Amazon prime (streaming stuff) so we just killed the subscription and channeled it to Youtube.

[meowzero]

It also comes with Youtube music, which is a plus. I haven't used spotify due to having Youtube music with my Youtube premium account.

[authed]

> + videos can play in the background

you can do that by asking youtube to display the desktop version of the webpage or by using the Newpipe application...

I would never pay for Youtube, just for the fact that I am already paying for it by watching all the spam that ask me to pay for it.

[rdiddly]

Just saw this on HN yesterday I think it was:

https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#youtube

[ModernMech]

Once upon a time (about 10 years ago), I could turn off my iPad’s screen and still hear YouTube playing without paying Google for the privilege. Used to be HN would never accept such a thing, but here it is on a list of things we are happy to pay for. Amazing how times change.

[stu2b50]

It makes way more sense to do value analysis purely on what what you gain vs what it costs rather than trying to factor in the cost of making or implementing said item.

I don't care if the bill of materials is really high, that's no reason for a consumer to be any more sympathetic for a price; similarly, costing almost nothing is no reason to deride a price. That's the company's problem.

It's optimal to just focus on what you get for what you pay.

[ethics13]

It’s $15.99 now in US.

[mam4]

The "youtube vanced" app does that for free.

Dont feed the tech giants dark patterns

[moonchrome]

Dark pattern of paying to have add free content ? If anything I want more of that.

[stu2b50]

Yeah YouTube premium is where I put my money where my is. Always said I would prefer if I could pay for content outright rather than be advertised to. Well, this is it.

[mam4]

Why do it if its free. Thats posturing

[moonchrome]

It's not free - if everyone blocked ads and nobody paid they would have no revenue, you are just freeloading by using stuff like vanced.

[mam4]

Youtube had no revenue for years, they dont NEED money magically right now.

If you can freeload something from a big co just do it. Its not a morality debate

[5bolts]

but it doesn't do it on all platforms. PC only sure. Red works on smart tvs, phones, tablets, xbox, computer..

and you get the youtube music with it.

it costs me about 20 min worth of work once a month to remove ads from my primary media consumption site.. totally worth it, and don't have to mess with 3rd party BS. Completely changes the youtube experience

[benfrancom]

Brave browser does it for free by “Enable background audio” in settings. It blocks ads by default too.