The only way that's ever happened in history is to turn a free-to-view service funded by advertising into a subscription one with advertising as a supplementary funding mechanism. It's what satellite and cable television did and I suspect YouTube is slowing moving toward by making the free service so frustrating that their viewers will beg to pay.
Same though I'll happily use it if all the adblock and sponsorblock enhancements make it a normal viewing experience. When those things stop working for good I'm out.
Good to know. I use YouTube through the brave browser app and it works pretty damn well. Even lets me play stuff with my phone screen off (a setting in Brave, not YouTube of course)
The only way that's ever happened in history is to turn a free-to-view service funded by advertising into a subscription one with advertising as a supplementary funding mechanism. It's what satellite and cable television did and I suspect YouTube is slowing moving toward by making the free service so frustrating that their viewers will beg to pay.
Same though I'll happily use it if all the adblock and sponsorblock enhancements make it a normal viewing experience. When those things stop working for good I'm out.
Since they deliberately hid basic bitch features like background play on their app behind the pay wall, I tend to agree.
Newpipe. Use Newpipe on Android.
Good to know. I use YouTube through the brave browser app and it works pretty damn well. Even lets me play stuff with my phone screen off (a setting in Brave, not YouTube of course)
Thanks for the tip. I use brave on desktop but never thought about using it for android.
I'm confused what hasn't happened in history.