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		Lewton on Nov 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an e... They tested a premium lite that only included removing ads, at about half the price of normal premium, sadly they discontinued it this month

Mindwipe on Nov 19, 2023 [–]

That's because it was intended to show the music industry it wouldn't canibalise Spotify subs so Google could get cheaper music licensing, and it showed the opposite. So now ad free YouTube wil never be cheaper than Spotify/Apple Music et al. YouTube Music is bundled because it's free.

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