I myself consume so much content on YouTube (hours of video essays and podcasts) - and the ads are so relentlessly aggressive - that paying an extremely minimal fee each month for the service is an absolute no-brainer.
How is this even first page HN material? It’s entirely a personal choice as to whether a certain streaming service is worth it to you or not.
Do I make a blog post that’s suddenly trending because I decided not to subscribe to Paramount+?
Yeah, it's pretty crazy how much educational content is readily accessible these days thanks to youtube. There's never been a better time in human history to want to learn something. Having a massive trove of knowledge at my fingertips is easily worth the small amount of money a month premium costs.
I have YouTube Premium for the whole family, watching YT any other way is now unacceptable! Maybe it's sad that I have to be forced to pay to hide the ads? But yoinks, the platform needs to get paid somehow and honestly YT Premium is pretty good value when I look at it.
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Okay; good for you.
I myself consume so much content on YouTube (hours of video essays and podcasts) - and the ads are so relentlessly aggressive - that paying an extremely minimal fee each month for the service is an absolute no-brainer.
How is this even first page HN material? It’s entirely a personal choice as to whether a certain streaming service is worth it to you or not.
Do I make a blog post that’s suddenly trending because I decided not to subscribe to Paramount+?
Yeah, it's pretty crazy how much educational content is readily accessible these days thanks to youtube. There's never been a better time in human history to want to learn something. Having a massive trove of knowledge at my fingertips is easily worth the small amount of money a month premium costs.
I have YouTube Premium for the whole family, watching YT any other way is now unacceptable! Maybe it's sad that I have to be forced to pay to hide the ads? But yoinks, the platform needs to get paid somehow and honestly YT Premium is pretty good value when I look at it.