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lallysingh 5 hours ago

If you have the ads turned off, it's a lot nicer. I got that with some family bundle for more Drive space.

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BeetleB 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Let me put it this way.

Youtube without ads is still worse than pretty much all the major streaming services with ads.

I don't want to pay for that.

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johnnyanmac 4 hours ago | parent [-]

>Youtube without ads is still worse than pretty much all the major streaming services with ads.

Depends on what you watch, as always. my YT feed is a mix of news, random gaming content, documentaries on a variety of topics, and odd little tech trivia. It covers all the bases at once.

Any other streaming service is simply "okay, maybe there's 1-2 shows on here I want to watch". Then I just pluck it onto my NAS and move about on my day. Why would I pay for a streaming service that struggles to even keep the few shows I like on there running past 1-2 seasons?

Nebula is the only other service I ever considered paying for. It's not a "Youtube killer" and misses out on a lot of the odd trivia sides of YT, but it overally feels more fleshed out on content than Netflix".

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BeetleB 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> Any other streaming service is simply "okay, maybe there's 1-2 shows on here I want to watch".

If there's even 1 show I want to watch, it's great to watch it. The problem with Youtube is even when they have stuff I want to watch, it's a pain to watch it. Their UI is atrocious!

> Why would I pay for a streaming service that struggles to even keep the few shows I like on there running past 1-2 seasons?

You just unsubscribe at that point.

Know how much stuff I had bookmarked on Youtube that is no longer available? A whole damn lot.

	▲	johnnyanmac 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe I'm missing something, but every video service Ui feels the same these days. Grid of videos with some loose sorting, click to play/pause, seek controls. I wouldn't call any of them good/bad on UI alone.

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chihuahua 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Or just watch Youtube on a laptop, and install an ad blocker.

	▲	BeetleB 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Depends on the personality. Do you watch movies on a laptop? For me, the big screen and ambience play a big role.