• BReel@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I paid for paid for premium for a while. Then it showed me an ad for paramount + anyways. So I said fuck you google and installed an ad blocker.

    Point being I was willing and did pay for the premium service. But even “ad free with premium” still wasn’t ad free. It was “ad reduced”

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      1 year ago

      I’ve had Premium since whenever it was first introduced (a decade at this point?) and I’ve never seen a youtube-provided ad during that time, assuming I’m logged into the appropriate account.

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        1 year ago

        I had it for a long time too and never did until maybe… idk 2 months ago? And they only show up on specific videos that have shows/movies associated with it.

        So in this case, I was watching game grumps play peppa pig (would recommend lol) and it showed me this right under the vid.

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          1 year ago

          Huh. 98% of my youtube consumption is on either TV or phone apps at this point, though, so they really wouldn’t have a place to put something like that. Or maybe they would and I just haven’t watched anything that would have it. Who knows.

          Paramount Plus definitely likes shoving a 30 second ad before your show even on the ad-free plan, though…