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What the heck, YouTube? (self.technology)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Companion1666 to c/technology

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I've only subscribed to YouTube Premium for the past two months, and I like the ad-free experience and Music streaming bundled in one price, PHP159 or $3/month. Will this probably my last? Yesterday morning, Google automatically charged me for my YouTube Premium subscription through my e-wallet service.

It was successfully deducted, but the service didn't update its validity. Does Google want me to charge twice, or they want me to go back on uBlock Origin on Librewolf (desktop) and NewPipe on Android? lol

EDIT (2023-10-22): Google recently refunded the amount to my e-wallet. So far, my account is still active. If ever Google bans my account, then probably my domain will be banned.

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[–] BombOmOm 106 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just go back to uBlock Origin. No reason to give Google more money, they don't respect their customers.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

you're not their customer, the ad companies are.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

And this is exactly why I will never pay for Premium (again; I unfortunately did for a while) or any other Google service

[–] sir_reginald 6 points 1 year ago

true, we're the product offered to ad companies

[–] Companion1666 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No reason

I have reason: Costs. Recently in my region, Spotify racked their price from ₱129 to ₱149, ₱10 difference with YouTube Premium.

Plus, Spotify keeps shoving their podcast platform on my feed, which is annoying, and I'm only streaming music. I rather see or listen to something from my followed channels.

P.S. I only created a Google account just for YouTube and for my Android device, nothing else. I don't use other mainstream Google products.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait until you hear that podcasts are gonna come to YouTube Music

[–] Companion1666 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So there is no escape? Fck me then.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Use uBlock Origin on PC to watch YouTube without ads, NewPipe on mobile, and InnerTune for free ad free music using the YouTube music library, and no need to give Google money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I have greyjay, newpipe and revanced on my phone in case youtube does some funky shit. I think piped.video works on pc too.

[–] Companion1666 1 points 1 year ago

InnerTune

I will try this later. Thank you!

[–] toasteecup 2 points 1 year ago

So far they said that they plan to offer podcasts for free if that helps any.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Apple Music has held off on including podcasts so far.

[–] Z4rK 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

I primarily use iOS to watch YouTube. I haven’t found good solutions.

It’s the media platform I use the most. With Premium, I’m evenly supporting at least 50 creators that I watch regularly. I couldn’t meaningfully do that for the same price through Patreon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sideload uYou plus with Altstore if you want to keep all the account functionality.

Download Yattee from the App store if you prefer to watch with Piped.

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[–] Chobbes 2 points 1 year ago

The best solution I’ve found for the YouTube shenanigans on iOS is the baking soda and vinegar apps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sideload an alternative YouTube app with Altstore

[–] Z4rK 1 points 1 year ago

It’s cool that the option exist, but it isn’t worth it to me.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do not issue a chargeback through your bank if you care about your Google account. They will close it. Talk to Google to resolve the payment issue.

[–] Companion1666 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm not even using my bank's debit card as my Google's payment method. I linked my e-wallet account to my Google account.

I don't risk my bank's savings.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's not about your bank account, it's about google possibly banning your google account if you do a chargeback. If you don't care about losing your google account, then you're fine.

[–] Companion1666 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's weird because I've been using my e-wallet as my payment method on my former (now deleted) Google account for years, and never had issues with automatic renewal of my "Premium Pass" from one mobile game I used to play.

I will contact Google regarding this matter later.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google permabans accounts immediately for chargebacks

[–] Companion1666 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

google recently refunded me. so far, my account is still active.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's different from a bank chargeback.

[–] Companion1666 0 points 1 year ago

well it was automatically reversed.

[–] NeoNachtwaechter 30 points 1 year ago

It was successfully deducted, but the service didn't update its validity.

You paid them real money. So they have to answer properly what they did and eventually fix it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Switch to firefox with ublock origin. Its more than heaven 🔥🔥

[–] Companion1666 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm on ungoogled-chromium. Librewolf keeps breaking a website I frequently visits.

[–] clegko 5 points 1 year ago

Librewolf != Firefox, fwiw.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I haven't encountered these issues with Librewolf. What kind of websites are breaking?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Its a security certificate issue. It can be solved via about:config. security.OCSP.require set to false

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

revanced and smartubenext

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ublock on Desktop GreyJay on mobile

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And SmartTube for Android TV / Google TV devices.

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