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YouTube Premium price increases internationally - GSMArena.com news

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YouTube Premium price increases internationally

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Of course they do this right after trying to kill adblock.
- After? Have they stopped?
Some solutions:
Android
LibreTube
NewPipe
NewPipe x SponsorBlock
BraveNewPipe
Grayjay
iOS
Yattee with this guide
(Adding Piped/Invidious website to Homescreen)
Web
Piped
Invidious
ViewTube
(Tubo)
Desktop
FreeTube
(Using any of the web solutions as PWAs)
TV
Android TV
SmartTubeNext
Apple TV
Yattee with this guide
- LibreTube and self-hosted Piped server is working really well for me. I only wish SmartTubeNext (or another Chromecast GTV client) would use Piped as well.
  
  LibreTube and self-hosted Piped server is working really well for me.
  I use the same stuff, it's awesome.
- also on Desktop, using SMplayer (admits YT and most other streaming platforms, pasting the URL in > Open > URL In the browser ypu can also watch YT without ads and without YT detecting the adblocker, using this script (Firefox use the Tampermonkey or Greasymonkey extensión, in Vivaldy download the script to a folder and drag it to the extensions page in developer mode)- It put tje Video in a iFrame, with this the YouTube Adblock detector run below this layer without detecting anything.
  
  You can also use VLC or mpv. IINA is a good option for macOS.
- Also for iOS is uYou+, installed with Sideloadly. Might not be as privacy-friendly as other options though
  
  Might not be as privacy-friendly as other options though
  That's why I didn't put it on the list. Also, sideloading on iOS is just a terrible experience. You either need to connect your phone to a computer every 7 days, otherwise your sideloaded apps will become unusable, or you can pay Apple $100/year for a developer subscription, so you can use your already overpriced device the way you want to. The best option is to avoid the problem entirely and get an Android phone, preferably a Google Pixel, and then install GrapheneOS on it and sideload F-Droid and LibreTube. This gives you actual freedom, as well as the highest levels of privacy and security you can get on a smartphone.
- Not listing Revanced here should put you straight to jail
- Revanced is still a thing
  
  But it requires you to use the proprietary YouTube app that collects and sells all of your data
- Louis Rossman has pushed a media player called Grayjay, open source and has subscription implementation across youtube, twitch, and more
  
  I know, Grayjay is on the list. I don't use it myself though, I prefer LibreTube for Android and Piped on desktop.
I really thought they would wait a little longer after the Adblock crackdown. Oh well, Grayjay to the rescue!
i pay my subscription in Argentine dollars 😁
seems turkey is the cheapest now, but a little hesitant to cancel and try to resubscribe from there in case it doesn't work..
- you know what, i'm just gonna cancel the whole thing.
  hope this was worth it for them.
  
  Good luck. It’s been three days for me and it’s insufferable using it with ads. I’m not even actively looking through the app, just coming across videos for work and personal projects and I’m already fed up.
Of all the streaming platforms I'll never pay for, YouTube is the one I'll never pay for the most.
- I'm right there with you all the way. My wallet will never have a Google hole. Not for YouTube premium or music or storage or whatever else they are thinking of selling me that is not a physical product. I probably won't buy anything physical from them either such as a Chromebook or a pixel phone because they are the most evil company in the world today.
  
  There's plenty of competirion for the most evil, but Google has certainly proven not to be trustworthy.
I know it's maybe not a great replacement for everyone, but this crap is why I stopped using YouTube and just use Peertube now.
Another nice Desktop client (FOSS), which works very well, no ads and not only for YT
MotionBox accesses and aggregates videos via the VBML language.
It supports DuckDuckGo, BitTorrent, TMDB, Youtube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Twitch, TikTok, Facebook, Odysee, PeerTube, Last.fm and SoundCloud.
All of this inside multiple tabs and without ever showing an ad.
https://omega.gg/MotionBox/
YT without ads also in the Vivaldi Feed Reader

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