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		jacquesm 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube Just Ate TV. It's Only Getting Started Except that with TV you just own the box and that's it. With youtube you are supposed to subscribe to youtube and then on top of that you still get your hourly helping of 40% ads or so.

evanjrowley 3 months ago [–]

As a YouTube Premium subscriber of several years, I have never been forced to watch any ad on YouTube.

40% ads sounds like the experience with mainstream/legacy TV. Good riddance to that!

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