Back in May, I blogged about subscribing to YouTube on an impulse and how it was working for me. Let me update you on where I am now.
I am watching so many YouTube podcasts, that my podcast player is getting backed up with shows and episodes that aren't available on YouTube. This came as a surprise to me because before I subscribed, I was complaining about all the podcasts that were YouTube first.
As it turns out, paying for an ad-free experience on YouTube made all the difference for me. Instead of being full of frustration and annoyances, it ended up being more convenient because now the audio-only versions of my favorite podcasts are loaded (loaded!) with ads.
Some of these podcasts also have their own ads where they read ad copy. Apparently, YouTube can't cut those out even for subscribers? Which is still annoying, but I try not to watch those podcasts live and then I tap to fast forward through the host hawking whoever is sponsoring them.
At the moment, I have hundreds of audio podcast episodes sitting on my phone, waiting for me to listen to them. I turned off auto downloads for the shows that are on YouTube, but there are still shows that do not have YouTube as an outlet. I also have one podcast I pay to subscribe to and only the free version (with sponsors) is available on YouTube, so that's audio, too. I'm 99 episodes behind on that one.
Just in case this needs to be said, this post is not sponsored. It's just me rambling about a service that I pay for and have appreciated. And how it's upended my usual behavior since I started using it.
