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YouTube is increasing Premium prices in multiple countries, right after an ad-blocker crackdown | You either pay rightfully for the video content you consume, or you live with the ads.::Google is increasing the prices of YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium subscriptions in some regions, right after blocking ad-blockers.

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[–] penquin@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are so many ways to watch YouTube without ads on all devices. I don't see ads anywhere in my house. And when I like a creator so much, I support them directly. Fuck Google. If they were reasonable with their prices/practices and paid people more I'd buy premium.

[–] indianactresslover@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

How to avoid ads in YouTube on Fire TV Stick?

[–] t_berium@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Smarttube Next. Easy to install, too.

[–] indianactresslover@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After writing that I comment, I looked and downloaded SmartTube. Is Next one better than that?

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

There are two version. One is beta and the other is stable. I have both for no particular reason, just wanted to have them. Beta may get some new features before the stable one, but they both do the same.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Install "downloader" from the Amazon app store, then use it to Google and download the smarttubenext APK. Downloader is a web browser the fire TV stick that has a cursor. Fire TV stick runs on Android, so side loading is good on it. Make sure to enable install from "unknown sources" in the settings of the stick.

[–] indianactresslover@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks a lot. It's pretty nice. Had to enable developer options first.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

No problem, I hope you enjoy it. Also, I apologize for forgetting to tell you about the developer options.