I can't bring myself to pay for user-generated content platforms that do so much censorship, which results in the creators themselves having to self-censor (apparent in how many YTers avoid saying certain words to not trigger audio analysis that would result in demonetization).
Plus a lot of the ads are in the form of sponsor segments, which YouTube premium would not skip automatically, unlike the free add-on SponsorBlock.
Also watching R-18 YouTube videos now requires uploading an ID when doing it from an European IP. A lot of those aren't even porn videos mind you, just some videos randomly classified as mature audiences only.
Their content recommendation algorithm absolutely sucks. Spotify gave me better recommendations after a few days of use while YouTube has years of history from tens of millions of people to go by and can't do anything else than cycle the same videos/channels on repeat.
I will gladly pay to use/support a free-as-in-freedom YouTube competitor though.
Netflix and Spotify are fine in that respect because it's full of professional commissioned content.
Plus a lot of the ads are in the form of sponsor segments, which YouTube premium would not skip automatically, unlike the free add-on SponsorBlock.
Also watching R-18 YouTube videos now requires uploading an ID when doing it from an European IP. A lot of those aren't even porn videos mind you, just some videos randomly classified as mature audiences only.
Their content recommendation algorithm absolutely sucks. Spotify gave me better recommendations after a few days of use while YouTube has years of history from tens of millions of people to go by and can't do anything else than cycle the same videos/channels on repeat.
I will gladly pay to use/support a free-as-in-freedom YouTube competitor though.
Netflix and Spotify are fine in that respect because it's full of professional commissioned content.