Jun 6 2025
Last year, YouTube made its stance clear. If you want to watch videos with YouTube you'll either need to watch ads or pay for Premium. Ad blockers were no longer going to be allowed.
For viewers with an ad blocker installed, YouTube would prevent playback until it was turned off, and it was pretty effective at stopping many popular blockers.
That hasn't stopped many from trying to get around the restrictions.
I just subscribed to Nebula. Lots of great video essayists on there from YouTube (e.g., LegalEagle, Not Just Bikes, MuneCat, Philosphy Tube, Lindsay Ellis, F.D. Signifier, CityNerd, &etc.), extended and unreleased content as compared with their YouTube channels. Also no ads, because you're paying the creators for the quality content. (I got 40% off through this link: go.nebula.tv)
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