I suspect that he is using YouTube ReVanced, which allows you to patch the YT app. One of the patches is replacing the branding with “Premium”. But you occasionally still get YT Premium ads - 0 normal ads, tho.
Thanks for letting me know this existed, I will be downloading it immediately.
Edit: ReVanced isn’t available on IOS, I use Android but the guy who posted this is clearly using IOS.
If you don’t want to bother with the whole patching process you can also try Grayjay, it’s in early beta but it works flawlessly on my phone. Haven’t tried casting yet but it’s supposed to work, as opposed to Revanced.
That’s still an advertisement. It’s an advertisement for something you’re already using to encourage you to use more features of it so they can get analytic data from your usage patterns.
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I feel like everybody is overlooking the fact that this person is getting an ad, to watch ads, after already paying for Premium.
I suspect that he is using YouTube ReVanced, which allows you to patch the YT app. One of the patches is replacing the branding with “Premium”. But you occasionally still get YT Premium ads - 0 normal ads, tho.
This might be the case
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Revanced usually hides the big central ‘+’ upload button by default. Unless OP explicitly re-enabled it, they are using the standard app.
You are correct, no big + in my app.
Thanks for letting me know this existed, I will be downloading it immediately. Edit: ReVanced isn’t available on IOS, I use Android but the guy who posted this is clearly using IOS.
Good point, I don’t really use iOS, so it didn’t cross my mind.
If you don’t want to bother with the whole patching process you can also try Grayjay, it’s in early beta but it works flawlessly on my phone. Haven’t tried casting yet but it’s supposed to work, as opposed to Revanced.
But it’s not an ad. It’s a prompt telling you that getting premium has more options than free YouTube.
That’s still an advertisement. It’s an advertisement for something you’re already using to encourage you to use more features of it so they can get analytic data from your usage patterns.
I mean, I like being told about new features rather than needing to discover them myself twenty months after they came into existence
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When is an ad not a prompt?
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