redox@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 22 hours agostreaming was a mistake... - YouTubeyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up187file-text
arrow-up187external-linkstreaming was a mistake... - YouTubeyoutube.comredox@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
Also, legislation referenced from video: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever https://www.cbr.com/america-new-piracy-bill-netflix-disney-sony-backing/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/791
minus-squarezebidiah@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agoI pay for YouTube because I hate ads and I use the music service heavily… I also pay (A LOT) for a MotoGP subscription, but that’s sports, and unless I’m awake when there’s a race being pirate streamed I’d be sol. For everything else, i sail the salty seas
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoI’ve considered it a few times but they are raising the price so quickly year after year that it will be untenable in a couple of years anyway.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-27 hours agoI usually watch YouTube through a laptop that blocks ads. The YouTube ads are still annoying on my phone, etc., but not nearly as bad as Spotify (unusable).
minus-squareIbuthyr@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoThere are third party options for your phone. Just research it.
I pay for YouTube because I hate ads and I use the music service heavily… I also pay (A LOT) for a MotoGP subscription, but that’s sports, and unless I’m awake when there’s a race being pirate streamed I’d be sol.
For everything else, i sail the salty seas
I’ve considered it a few times but they are raising the price so quickly year after year that it will be untenable in a couple of years anyway.
I usually watch YouTube through a laptop that blocks ads.
The YouTube ads are still annoying on my phone, etc., but not nearly as bad as Spotify (unusable).
There are third party options for your phone. Just research it.