YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers

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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers
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I will quite happily pay a reasonable price for the privilege of avoiding ads.

I understand why people block ads, even though they are a a free tier, even if I don’t agree with it.

The fact that the cost of YouTube Premium almost doubled overnight is making me rethink my ethics, when my current subscription is up for renewal, I will be reassessing whether to cease watching YouTube, watch YouTube with ads or determine another way of supporting content creators.

I will quite happily pay a reasonable price for the privilege of avoiding ads.

I won't if the money goes to Google.

this.

i will happily support creators, but wont give money for google to continue their anti-internet quest.