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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I just saw this on my phone for the first time ever about 20 minutes ago

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Get a cheap (Argentina, Egypt, Ghana, India, Ecuador) premium... There are dozens of instructions on how to get it through a VPN.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Pretty sure this doesn't work anymore. They stopped it a few months back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

YouTube is canceling accounts in other countries in waves at the moment. My account in Vietnam (I live in Germany) will also be canceled in mid-January 2025. I would have to add a Vietnamese credit card, which would be a bit much work for me.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

There's a very simple solution to this, and I'm honestly not quite sure why no one is doing it.

Make ads voluntary. Make them separate from the rest of the experience.

Make it so that you can watch ads and answer surveys based off of the ads in order to get credits which then allow you to watch videos.

Alternatively, make it so that you can purchase the credits out right.

Everyone fucking wins.

I don't know why people are so stupid as to not even contemplate the easiest and most satisfying solution to all of the problems.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Your last suggestion is basically what YouTube premium offers. I don't think I would personally watch ads voluntarily, but I've seen similar systems in some games. Smite (at least used to) let you watch ads to get gems that you can use to buy cosmetics.

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