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Tbh YT premium is well worth the asking price though I wish it subsidized the free experience as that's much more important for the platform.
There are tools that let you do what YT Premium provides for free unless you're hooked on the music.
I know all the tools but I'd rather support Youtube which has ben an incredible service for me and I think it's a net good for the society so it should remain sustainable.
"Support YouTube" lol... You mean give money to Google. I think they'll be fine.
Let me explain my point of view - it's not about giving money to Google but showing the business that there's a viable monetization strategy that isn't locking down content or fighting ad blockers.
Let's say there is no Youtube premium and everyone has an adblocker then google has no choice but to fight ad blocking harder or lock down the content because Youtube starts to bleed money. Now some lazy people pay for Premium and we have this little golden mean where everyone can kinda use the platform kinda freely which is a pretty good compromise if you ask me.