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YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
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YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

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[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd be willing to get YouTube Premium just to get rid of ads, but they're bundling it with YouTube Music and I'm not trusting Google with my music purchases any more, thank you.

They discontinued Google Play Music (fortunately only after a long long period of time allowing you to download MP3s with their bloody terrible client app, so no loss there) and told me that you can just import the purchases to YouTube Music. Which I couldn't actually access.

Also I don't want a music streaming service, I just want to buy the albums. It's pretty sad that it seems the only remaining feasible local option for electronic music purchases is iTunes! Bloody iTunes!