YouTube’s pricing is a mess. Here’s a quick breakdown of their offer here in France :
YouTube Premium (so video + music): 12€/m
YouTube Music Premium (music only, obviously): 10€/m
One would assume based on this that Google values YouTube at only 2€/m per user. But anyway, let’s take a look at their family plans for a laugh:
YouTube Premium (6 users): 18€/m
YouTube Music Premium (6 users still): 15€/m
Let’s put aside the price discrepancy. 18/6 = 3€/m per user. All signs point to Google being ok with making between 2 and 3€ per user per month, yet such an offer doesn’t exist. Hell, make it 4€, even. People would flock to it. But no, they’re just being greedy.
Obviously not.
If you’re saying this because Snowden said wait he said on Twitter, I’m sorry but I wouldn’t know. Not because I didn’t try to read the article, I did, but because my custom DNS flagged cointelegraph.com as being malignant and blocked it. True story.
Edit: cointelegraph, not “cointelegram.”
Is wipr an extension?
Yep. It isn’t a full-on app like Adguard.
what’s the privacy like
Here’s the succinct privacy notice. Nothing whatsoever is collected.
is it open source
Pretty sure it isn’t.
People suggesting DNS filtering are missing the point. Yes, people should do it, but for cosmetic stuff you need a browser extension.
Anyway. I used to use Adguard. Like you, I noticed how slow it was making Safari. Worse, sometimes it simply wouldn’t work even though it was supposedly active.
I gave Ghostery a try. It worked. No slowdowns or anything. Then I settled for Wipr. You can’t add custom lists to it, but at least it works as intended and doesn’t seem to slow down Safari.
I only ditched Ghostery because I don’t exactly trust them. Otherwise it was working perfectly, too.
PS: I am obviously also using a custom DNS server. I’m a ControlD customer.
The last bullet point might be the most impactful. Google should know the rules by now.