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nubinetwork on Dec 6, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: The correct amount of ads is zero

Freemium gets abused, just look at YouTube... give them money and they still run ads...

wat10000 on Dec 6, 2024 [–]

No they don’t.

ndriscoll on Dec 6, 2024 | [–]

Apparently they were showing some users football ads and support said that's expected.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42131778

johnnyanmac on Dec 10, 2024 | | [–]

Youtube =/= Youtube Music. I can't speak to the latter ( I miss Google Play Music), but I have yet to receive a normal ad on Youtube premium.

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