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Google may be close to launching YouTube Premium Lite
YouTube is about to officially launch a cheaper, “premium lite” version of its subscription service in the US, Australia, Germany and Thailand, according to Bloomberg. This new tier will “target viewers who primarily want to watch programs other than music videos,” Bloomberg says. The publication didn’t say what the price might be. YouTube piloted a no-ads version of a tier…
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10 Best YouTube Alternatives You Must Try in 2025
YouTube is the biggest video streaming service in the world, with the platform boasting more than 2.5 billion monthly active users. However, users are miffed because of multiple non-skippable ads on YouTube videos, the platform cracking down on ad blockers, and increasing Premium prices. Creators too face challenges regarding monetization, discoverability, and more. Therefore, if you believe it’s time to…
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YouTube TV Might Soon Lose Paramount Channels
“Cutting the cord” has taken on a bit of a funny twist in the past few years, as every production company under the sun seems to want to make its own a la carte subscription service, and former cable alternatives have started offering what are essentially their own cable packages. Such is the way with YouTube TV, a separate subscription…
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YouTube TV has a deal to keep Paramount content
Days after YouTube published a blog post saying it could lose Paramount content soon, it updated the post to announce a deal to keep it. The company posted on X that, as a result, channels such as CBS, CBS Sports, and Nickelodeon and add-ons like Paramount Plus, Showtime, and BET Plus will stick around after all. The company had said…
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NewPipe Is an Ad-Free, Privacy-Respecting YouTube App for Android
YouTube’s Android app is cluttered, slow, and full of ads. Even worse: It tracks every video you watch. NewPipe is a free and open source Android alternative interface for YouTube that’s fully private and doesn’t show ads. We’ve talked about ways to watch ad-free YouTube videos, and NewPipe is arguably the best one for Android users. Even better: NewPipe plays…
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Why YouTube Is Showing You Hours of Unskippable Ads
Google has been taking its crusade against adblockers to a whole new level lately, so if you’ve started getting unskippable multi-hour ads on YouTube, that might be why. Over the past week, Redditors have been sharing screenshots showing that they’ve been served ads with runtimes as long as three hours, with no skip button in sight—and that’s to watch videos…
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Four New Experimental YouTube Premium Features That Launched This Week
YouTube Premium is expanding its list of paid-only features—at least, for those who are willing to experiment. In a blog post this week, the company announced a handful of new experimental features available to Premium subscribers. These features, while not enabled by default, can be switched on from youtube.com/new, and can be used until they expire. In addition, YouTube also…
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How to Find All Your Comments on YouTube
Quick Links How to See All Your YouTube Comments How to Edit and Delete Your YouTube Comments Can’t find a comment you left on a video on YouTube? Don’t worry. It’s easy to find all the comments you’ve ever posted on the platform. The steps to view your YouTube comment history are the same for both desktop and mobile. First,…
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I Wish Streaming Services Would Learn These Lessons From YouTube
Summary More authenticity, less cheesy polish in content creation Get to the point with concise and clear storytelling Embrace frequent and consistent show releases, listen to feedback, and learn to experiment YouTube is technically an early pioneer of the streaming industry. The only real difference is that the content is provided by users. Now, big-budget productions saturate our various streaming…
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You Won’t Believe What YouTube Is Doing Now
The definition of clickbait varies, but it usually means a title that is far from the article or video’s topic, or even not related to it at all. Now, YouTube plans to take a stronger stance against clickbait in YouTube video titles. In a move aimed at improving the quality of its platform, YouTube is taking a firm stance against…
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