There's that, but I'd also like to point out, that as a paying customer, you're still force fed that bottom tier slop with no way to filter it other than hoping some combination of reporting/not interested/don't show me this channel again works.

But even if you say, not to recommend a channel, it can still show up. So you get to pay for low grade AI slop videos. Or "content farms" that take 2 videos and just splice them together for some reason (both horizontal and vertical). Or the "I'm just going to stare at the camera and do nothing while I play a video that's from another platform". Like it's endless.

The "shorts" platform is pure garbage. Can I turn shorts off? No I can "show fewer shorts".

So you pay, to not get ads. They sell ALL your data to double dip (since they selling your data anywho) and there's no benefit for the content. They have all this data, all this tech, and the platform is rot with shit.

i heard they even planning ads on "paid" version eventually.

I'd be willing to get YouTube Premium just to get rid of ads, but they're bundling it with YouTube Music and I'm not trusting Google with my music purchases any more, thank you.

They discontinued Google Play Music (fortunately only after a long long period of time allowing you to download MP3s with their bloody terrible client app, so no loss there) and told me that you can just import the purchases to YouTube Music. Which I couldn't actually access.

Also I don't want a music streaming service, I just want to buy the albums. It's pretty sad that it seems the only remaining feasible local option for electronic music purchases is iTunes! Bloody iTunes!

you gladly feed them your viewing habits to increase their value to their shareholders though 🤷

you aren't hurting their bottom line by not watching ads. You're just making a tiny dent into a single line of thousands on some slides on the evp of youtube's quarterly presentation. No one else notices.

Your data and viewing habits and patterns and all of the device info you leak and broadcast? The wifi signals your phone is always seeing? Oh that bluetooth device that just rode past your apartment while your blocking ads on youtube? Definitely not being seen by them. Apps are spyware these days, and they are spying on everything