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by noisycarlos 1086 days ago
I don't use them. I do pay for the version without ads of the services I use them most though (YouTube, Nebula, Reddit, using Kagi instead of Google, etc). I happen to not use sites that don't offer a version without ads enough for them to annoy me OR I've used FB and it's so annoying that I just stopped using it, which is an improvement on my life anyway.

All in all i spend about $30/month to not have ads while supporting the sites I use, which I think it's pretty reasonable.
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AdamN 1086 days ago
I have YouTube premium and overall probably spend $100/mo on digital content. What bothers me is that even when paying full price I'm getting giant banner ads on the top and a slower experience.
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t0bia_s 1084 days ago
If paying for content consumption does not mean DRM free experience, I'm not interested. Reason is obvious.
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AdamN 1084 days ago
DRM is fine if you're just renting the content ... but yes the consumer needs to know that DRM for buying is an (entrenched) anti-pattern.
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