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YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household
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this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2025
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I'm on my brother's premium. I told myself if my brother stopped wanting to pay for it I'd pay for it myself because I hate ads that much.
On the other hand, if Youtube itself takes it away from me I'm going to just stop watching Youtube.
Revance if you're on android man. I mean I pay for premium but I still use it to patch the app at least.
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On desktop, check out VacuumTube which is app that acts as a wrapper for YouTube Leanback (tv/console version) and has ad blocking built in.
Meanwhile I installed the User Agent Switcher extension for firefox to change my user agent every 30 seconds to something random to avoid tracking. A few websites don’t accept it. I just quit those websites and find a non-billionaire-owned alternative like Kagi or Fastmail. So far it’s working out well.
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My entire extended family shares a single household and a single Internet connection. /s
God forbid you have a parent who's living away from home for work purposes who's using that subscription
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