r/mildlyinfuriating • u/patpatpaa • 12h ago
Ruined by Technology 20,99 euros a month to enjoy MOST videos ad free. These people lost their minds.
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u/Tidiahn 12h ago edited 12h ago
20,99€?!? What country do you live in? I pay 12,99€ in France and still think that's too much!!
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u/MollyPW 12h ago
I pay €15.99/month in Ireland.
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u/BaconOverflow 11h ago
I pay €6.89/month in Thailand 🤗
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u/Brave_Explorer5988 11h ago
Ugh, that's a lot...? I pay 6.86 in Poland but our income is well, a bit higher I guess? I'd expect TH to be around 4-5
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u/toshineon2 11h ago
About €17 (well, the equivalent in our currency) here in Sweden.
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u/patpatpaa 12h ago
Spain.
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u/qwerty-1999 11h ago edited 11h ago
Do you use an iPhone? I've just checked and YT Premium is €15.99 here in Spain. I ask because subscriptions are more expensive if you purchase them in-app from an Apple device (because they take a cut of the price, so Google makes the price higher so that they still get the same amount of money). So if you subscribe through your browser instead of from the YouTube app you'll get the lower price. If you don't have an iPhone I have no idea what's going on here
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u/patpatpaa 11h ago
I use iphone. I had no idea.
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u/HankHippopopolous 10h ago
That goes for most things. If possible never subscribe to anything directly through an app or the AppStore because you’ll always be paying the 30% apple tax.
Always check if whatever company it is you’re subscribing to has a website because most of the time you will save money.
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u/sicilian504 BLUE 11h ago edited 8h ago
They have the nerve to do stuff like this then complain about piracy and people using ad blockers & VPNs.
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u/Panorabifle 12h ago
Firefox + ad blocker (works on mobile too) and never be visually assaulted by ads anymore
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u/OnderGok ORANGE 11h ago
Even better: use Morphe on Android or modded IPAs on iOS
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u/foxferreira64 11h ago
On mobile I use YouTube Morphe, an alternate app that's literally the exact same but without ads
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u/schenk_max 11h ago
It also displays dislikes and skips most sponsorship content.
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u/Vverg 9h ago
21 isnt right, this has Apple tax on it. I bet you check this screen from an iPhone?
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u/Corentinrobin29 8h ago
Yeah, something's off. I'm in France and pay 12,99€ for the full Youtube Premium + Youtube Music
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u/Ultra_Plankton2909 11h ago
Who the HELL needs YouTube Kids? 😭
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u/Virtual_Medium_6721 12h ago
I just use ad-blocks, never had issues, and I save my wallet from these greedy companies
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u/patpatpaa 12h ago
I pay 3 euros for VPN and connect to Albania to watch youtube. I also use it to watch football. It is very easy to find which country shows champions league games on a open channel.
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u/TophatOwl_ 9h ago
Ad blocks are not available on all devices (or at least not nearly as easily as on a PC) and its not just about not watching ads. Computer watchers only account for ~12% of youtubes traffic, youtube offers youtube music which I hear is a pretty good service, and you can listen to things while your phone is off which is quite nice and useful for me at work. Ads not playing on any device is nice because installing adblockers that work for youtube on a phone or smartTV (which acounts for ~70% of youtubes traffic) is vastly harder and the ads are vastly longer at around 90+ seconds after every single video. Plus, its not actually 21€ if you get on a computer rather than apples store, its closer to 15€ or 12 pounds.
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u/csabinho 10h ago
21 €? Which country? And you're on iOS, I guess.
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u/Hillthrin 9h ago
Youtube's the one place I don't mind paying for. I watch it a lot. It has some movies and TV shows and there's a ton of creators I love and want them to get some of my money without going all in on a patreon.
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u/LolBoyLuke 12h ago
what do you mean "most" videos ad free? They're all ad-free, no?
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u/rhinokick 12h ago
I think they mean sponsorships and ads built into the video itself, rather than ads served by YouTube. Youtube can't really remove those.
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u/fumeextractor 12h ago
I mean they could. The "jump ahead" feature that premium offers almost always skips the sponsored segments. They could also force creators to mark the beginning and end of sponsor segments and allow auto-skipping them for Premium users (so what SponsorBlock does but on YT's side).
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u/ultraboomkin 10h ago
I think it says “most” because it’s giving you the option of Premium and Premium Lite. Premium Lite is like Premium but without YouTube Music included, so you still get ads on music videos.
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u/pinkstrawberry94 12h ago
Do we need a post about how YT ducks every week? Either get the god damm ad blocker that everyone tells you to do or stfu already. Literally is no other solution. YouTube isn't going to lower their price or give you less ads because they feel bad for you.
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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat 11h ago
I have ublock origin. All these years and I still don;t get ads on youtube. Never have.
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u/Ncis16 7h ago
Damm that's expensive. So to the sea 🏴☠️🏴☠️
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u/tenyearoldgag 6h ago
I support the attitude, but how does one pirate YouTube?
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u/Sentient-Cactus876 6h ago
Ad block on pc. Use Firefox browser on mobile phone.
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u/Bubbaganewsh 10h ago
YouTube has ads? Ive been using Ublock and Firefox for so long I can't remember the last time I saw one. Funny enough I use Ublock and Chrome on my work PC and play music sometimes all day without ads.
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u/distrox 10h ago
Yeah but this is more relevant for mobile. I mean sure you can watch YouTube on a browser on mobile but that's extra steps. People pay for convenience. I don't though. After they removed the cheapest YouTube premium who's only purpose for me was ad removal, I stopped watching YouTube on mobile altogether.
That being said I know there are apps like vanced or whatever the newest one is called. If I did want to watch YouTube, I'd use those.
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u/DonGibon87 12h ago
It's not just ad free is it? For me to be able to download videos and listen to them with the screen off is a really big deal.
I also don't have any other streaming like Netflix or AppleTv. All i use is YouTube.
Also family tier is €30 and you got 5 slots.
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u/NoCoolSenpai 10h ago
If YouTube Music didn’t have goated recommendations the 10% of time it does, I’d have long switched to other alternatives, ad-free videos are just a bonus for me atp
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u/TophatOwl_ 9h ago
Premium is smart IF you watch on a TV because after every video you get 90+ seconds of ads every single time and you cant easily install an adblocker. Also I dont actually know what is excluded in terms of ads because I have premium and I never run into ads whenever I watch literally anything.
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u/CarnifexGunner 2h ago
All you need is a VPN on your TV. Set it to Albania, and there's no more ads.
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u/MerTheGamer 10h ago
I pay like 0.90 euro and half of that is given as a cashback from my bank LMAO
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u/Hazel-Rah 2h ago
If you have an apple phone/ipad, NEVER sign up through the app. You're charged 30% more than if you sign up through a web browser.
Apple adds 30% to every transaction that happens through an app on iOS.
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u/Vejkvii1922 12h ago
20 EUROS FOR A MONTH? I pay around 3 dollars a month for my family account( 4 members). What is YouTube smoking?
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u/No-Context-Orphan 11h ago
Where I am they ask for 30 USD for individual plan or 55 for family plan.
Per month
Lol
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u/xternal7 10h ago
15€ for youtube premium and €5 apple tax (OP said they're on iphone)
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u/Vejkvii1922 10h ago
My email is 3 dollars with whatever device cause it's linked to the famil member's Gmail accounts. Why or how does it matter if one has iPhone or an Android? Is it because Yt is more optimised for the former?
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u/Remix_Master21 RAJHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 9h ago
adblockers are a lifesaver. if you're on android, use Morphe and thank me later.
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u/Bay-D 12h ago
Wah wah wah, I want free shit. Fuck all creators, fuck everyone who works their ass off to entertain me
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u/metatalks Mildly Infuriated 12h ago
Some people use it for music or something and treats the ad free as a added benefit.
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u/DonT_oliver 11h ago
Lmao premium in Serbia is around 8 and i pay 15 for family plan (5 more ppl)
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u/glasgowgeg 11h ago
The minimum wage in Serbia is the equivalent of about €3.16/hour though, according to Google.
So you're paying aboyt 2.53 hours of minimum wage for it. The equivalent in the UK would be about £32.17/month for a single user, it's £12.99 here, so about 1.02 hours of minimum wage.
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u/TophatOwl_ 9h ago
Thats actually a really bad comparison because in Serbia the cost of living is also meaningfully lower. If you actually factor in the other expenses they have (like 58% cheaper housing).
When you actually take into account their economic environment and compare to the median salary (which is a far better measure) youre looking at something closer to 7-9 quid if you ported it over here which is still cheaper than for one person in the UK.
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u/DonT_oliver 4h ago
Yeah man economics are pretty shit, but eh it is what it is, pays out for me as i literally use it at least 20h a day lol, either music tru the day or stories to sleep to, so i dont mind much
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u/howfastcanyoucountit 12h ago
ublock origin on chrome/firefox on my laptop, smarttube on my tv, and sideloaded modded youtube with adblock and sponsorblock on ios. Not paying SHIT.
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u/Dry-Complex7085 10h ago
Damn, i pay 5€ for it. I’m from Romania so maybe it depends on the country but still, a big difference.
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u/Practical-Pickle-325 10h ago
Newpipe. Absolutely no ads. Not seen any YouTube ads in a while. Best app I've downloaded.
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u/OpethSam98 what 10h ago
Holy shit... I still pay 12.99$/mth (canadian)...... Are they going insane??
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u/RelChan2_0 PURPLE 9h ago
OP said in a comment they're using an iPhone, which has extra fees for subscriptions. It'll be much cheaper in the browser or PC, at least for me
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u/VeryPickledSphincter 10h ago
If you don't intend on listening to music then you may have a cheaper YouTube Lite tier to go for.
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u/GalaxyCereal 9h ago
I boycotted this trash after being a loyal subscriber for 9 years.
At some point it became unrealistically excessive.
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u/Trimutius 9h ago
They have to write it because videos have sponsored messages, and some people complained it still counts as ad
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u/MadeInBelfast 9h ago
UK its £19:99 a month for a Premium ad free family pack,5 users plus limited use of the Music app, it'll take it for now!
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u/averageguy2512 9h ago
i pay for family package and share with my friends and family, we all chip in so its a few eur per person
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u/Reynolds1029 8h ago
You're mostly paying for YouTube Music.
The ad-free and background playback for YT content is the throw-in with YouTube Music to get people to switch from Spotify.
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u/Routine-Stay-6857 8h ago
Crazy… it’s £19 for me for GeForce Now Ultimate…
I can play anything in Ultra graphics
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u/wiener4hir3 7h ago
Crazy how revanced on my phone and ublock on my pc gives me all videos ad free at no cost. Don't give Google money for this shit, spend it directly on some of your favourite creators instead if you want.
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u/RandomBloke2021 PURPLE 5h ago
I'm curious how many people have been paying the Apple tax and have no idea they have been 30% more?
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u/drk721 5h ago
Why tf is it most, wasn’t the selling point was no ads.
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u/mrloko120 3h ago
Because theres a cheaper tier you can choose now that only gets rid of ads on main platform videos.
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u/TantKollo 5h ago
Get Morphe Manager and patch away all ads and nonsense for free in the YouTube app. Welcome to the dark side, we have cookies!
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u/zeusandflash 4h ago
I've been using ad block for so long, I couldn't even imagine paying for Premium. At that point, I would literally be paying YouTube so that I could watch their ads.
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u/Umbrella_Corp_2020 4m ago
Companies are paying youtube to show their adds. Viewers are paying youtube to not watch the adds. Now, that's what I call profiting!
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u/Important_Power_2148 12h ago
I think they say that because some videos creators are sponsored and contain in video sponsorship ads, like some Disney creators with Park Candy, or Magic Candle company. One guy i watch is sponsored by the drinks supplement company LMNT. Those are not youtube attached ads, they are built into the videos. People probably complained that the youtube premium did not remove them too.