Years ago I understand why streaming services want to implement paid subscription. But now, I heard that even on premium you will still get ads! It is just milking more money at this stage!

The lite version does not include this. It also still shows ads on music and shorts. 

I don't understand. I play videos in the background all the time.

Do people even use that?

On mobile I can increment it by 0.05 up to 4x

When they say ‘faster playback speeds’ they don’t mean faster connection speeds, they mean watching videos at 1.5x normal speed (or faster).

Sometimes they even show an "Experiencing interruptions?" popup just to be extra dickheads. I am patient, I can wait.

its not an issue after it loads, and sometimes the "delay" doesnt activate on other videos.

In case anyone's wondering, scytale's ad blocker.

If you're watching lectures from someone who talks really slow.

Slop comment aside, a lot of people with ADHD listen to videos at 1.5x or more speed because that’s how their brain works.

Try watching videos by "explaining computers". Actually pretty good content (mostly on single board computers like raspberry pi), but he talks glacially. Normally I watch at 1.5x, this channel is one of just a few where I need to up it to 2x.

When you think about it, it’s not really that different from learning to read faster, which is a valued skill.

(There’s an argument to be made that for many things you’d be better off reading rather than watching YouTube vids at 4x but let’s not focus on that.)

Tutorials where they are going through stuff you 90% understand already and you just need to find that juicy remaining 10%.

Have you seen people who complain about written jnfo his video info? Its because they can read thr info faster than listening to it be said. But if you speed it up to 2x or 3x then it becomes the same as reading in terms of time. You get used to it over time. I can't listen to anything at 1x speed anymore.

VPN to Albania. No ads on free YouTube.

How's your Internet connection? I never get stuttering issues

Super hot take that.

You do realise that there isn't just one kind of content right?

Not trying to change your mind, I just feel like that's a very narrow minded view of what is a vast wealth of human knowledge in video form.

I mainly watch tech/science stuff, super interesting and definitely has taught me stuff. Theres years worth of educational content on there.

I’m with you brother. Are there gems? I’m sure. For example, how to repair things. But 99% of it is garbage.

I never really liked youtube. But you've got to admit that sometimes, when you have a very niche tech problem, there is always one indian making just the right video for you.

Respectfully, ew.

Same, the algorithm seems to do recommendations a little better too but that might be my imagination. I dont pay for streaming services and my neighbors let me piggyback off their wifi so yt is my only internet expense.

google's offer to accept payment for these "features"^[these aren't really even features: google is offering to disable anti-features which they are choosing to impose on people.] (each and every one of them) is predicated on their assumption that many people are not in control of the software on their own computers.

they haven't completely won the war yet, but the extent to which their assumption is correct is imo pretty dystopian.

I would be fine with that, but they are actively removing features we got for free before and put them behind the paywall. And they also actively ignore the wishes of the community. Nobody wants auto-translated video titles and autogenerated dubs without an official way to disable them.