I was going through my Wal-Mart+ subscription plan that I got for free and I saw their offers. One of which was EMeals, that was a 60-day trial. I thought that this was like Blue Apron or other meal delivery services so I thought I’d take a crack at it and hope that it would get me on a path to eat better.

Turns out, it’s just a meal planner. And it’s absurd to me why and how would anyone pay for something when there are countless and countless recipes and meal planners readily available for free. Who’d the fuck would want to pay for a planner? That’s like paying for a calendar app.

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        Just solved this problem actually. Smart tube app. Download on your tv with a browser and sideload the apk. Dunno about console but I’m sure there’s some solution.

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      I have lots of ad blockers. But my father watches YouTube on the LG TV app. I don’t live there anymore and hearing the ads from the other room became offensive to the family.

      It was easier to just buy a premium family plan and call it a day.

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      Okay, to preface I really hate giving Google money, but I hate ads more, and paying for Premium also removes ads on YouTube apps across platforms. It also in some minuscule way rewards the creators I watch, but real support comes from Patreon.

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        YouTube charges too much. It costs more than Netflix! They need like a $6/mo plan or something.

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          I mean, it depends on how much you use it, no? I use YouTube more than Netflix and the like (most of the time anyway). Not that I have YouTube premium but still.

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          In Australia they offer premium lite for $9 AUD a month that removes ads on normal YouTube but still has it on shorts and music.

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        Yeah I’m with you. I know there’s some way to block ads on any device if you are really dedicated but I don’t want to get a PHD in ad blocking just to not have ads on YT on my phone

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          On android the trick is to do the same as you would on desktop. So Firefox + unlock origin.

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          Install Revanced, it’s literally better than the vanilla youtube app because you can customize basically everything

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      I’m at a point in my life where I’ll pay for the media I’ll watch. If I’m not willing to pay for it, I won’t watch it. I also don’t want to watch ads.

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        "Ah, yes I see I see, and that’s very understandable. Thank you for paying us by the way.

        Now, since you’ve been so loyal for all these years…what about [slides agreement across the table] you pay for it…AND you watch ads?"

        – Basically every streaming service hopping on the bandwagon at this point

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          Streaming services are raising prices because prestige television was expensive and are using ads as a way to reduce the bill.

          And you don’t have to pay for streaming if you don’t find it too be worth it. I’ve cancelled subscriptions because the increased price wasn’t worth it.