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41/60 pts
YouTube Premium
On-line review · 41/60 pts
The tax on not seeing a mattress ad
I paid to make the internet quieter. It worked. I am annoyed that it worked.
YouTube Premium
MINUTECRITIC · Jun 18, 2026
YouTube Premium is a consumer service that sells you your own time back. No ads, background play, a little shame about funding the machine. I used it for a month as a test and did not go back, which is the review.
The price will creep. They always creep. When it creeps past the peace it buys, cancel. Until then, I like my cooking videos without a car insurance sermon.
Pay it if YouTube is how you actually watch things. Do not pay it to feel clean. Feeling clean is not a plan.
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