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By paying for premium you support a company whose business model is based on selling emotional manipulation (i.e. ads). You support a company that violates your right to use the software of your choice on your personal property. And you give in to extortion by paying for not being exposed to emotional manipulation. Paying for premium is the unethical option here.

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> By paying for premium you support a company whose business model is based on selling emotional manipulation

The corollary of that is that any interaction with such a company is unethical, since it encourages them to continue the manipulation on people who may not be as aware or resistant.

I therefore assume you've routed YouTube.com to :: ?

can you do that on a phone?

Using its bandwidth without paying it doesn't encourage a for-profit company.

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