I subscribe to youtube premium + youtube music. I think its a decent deal if you watch a lot of youtube. I'm not a huge fan of the occasional "invite family and friends and get free months" ads on my pay for service.
That being said I also subscribe to office 365 and it seems like advertising there is getting worse and worse too. Outlook on windows recently started advertising the android app, because I apparently need to see ads in my paid subscription too.
All of this tells me that I will never escape ads, no matter how much I pay.
If rumble or some other platform gets close enough that I can use it instead, I'll try, but ultimately what makes youtube valuable is its content creators, and youtube hasn't pissed them off enough to make them all switch to an alternative yet, as no one else has the audience and budget.
> I'll try, but ultimately what makes youtube valuable is its content creators, and youtube hasn't pissed them off enough to make them all switch to an alternative yet, as no one else has the audience and budget.
For me this is getting less and less true by the day. Over the top voice inflection (to appeal to kids), in-video ads that are sometimes minutes long, etc. Try looking up a video on almost anything programming. Without a doubt the search will send you to some obnoxious shill like TechLead or the 1,000 people like him. It is VERY difficult to find stuff.
Aside from very niche creators the average "content creator" is a really annoying shill. Youtube has changed from a platform for people to post interesting things to a TV network where quality isn't even controlled. I'm not sure how anyone can justify paying for that.
That being said I also subscribe to office 365 and it seems like advertising there is getting worse and worse too. Outlook on windows recently started advertising the android app, because I apparently need to see ads in my paid subscription too.
All of this tells me that I will never escape ads, no matter how much I pay.
If rumble or some other platform gets close enough that I can use it instead, I'll try, but ultimately what makes youtube valuable is its content creators, and youtube hasn't pissed them off enough to make them all switch to an alternative yet, as no one else has the audience and budget.