# Adios vs YouTube Premium

> Both get rid of the ads. They are not remotely the same product, and for a lot of people the cheap one really is the right answer.

*Source: https://getadios.com/adios-vs-youtube-premium/ · Language: en · Updated: 2026-09-17 · Adios 1.3 · Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adios-ad-blocker-for-youtube/id6782190165?mt=12*

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## Short version

If you watch YouTube at your Mac, in Safari, and you just want the ads to stop — Adios does that for $4.99, once. If you watch on a phone, a TV, or in another browser, or you want downloads and background play, you want Premium. Adios can't touch any of that.

## Side by side

|  | Adios | YouTube Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 for 30 videos a month, then $4.99 once | $13.99/month |
| Removes video ads | Yes, in Safari on a Mac | Yes, everywhere you sign in |
| Where | Safari on macOS 13+ only | Every browser, iOS, Android, TV, console |
| Background play on your phone | No | Yes |
| Offline downloads | No | Yes |
| YouTube Music | No | Included |
| Pays the creators you watch | No | Yes — a share of the subscription |
| Account needed | None at all | Google account |
| Data about you | None collected | Tied to your Google account |
| Shorts, live streams, mobile app | Not covered | Covered |
| After five years | $4.99 total | about $839 total |

## When Premium is the better buy

Genuinely often. Pick Premium if:

- You watch on a phone, tablet, TV or console. Adios reaches none of those.
- You want audio to keep playing with the screen off, or downloads for a flight.
- You'd use YouTube Music — that alone costs about what Spotify does.
- You want the channels you watch to get paid for your views. This one has no cheap substitute, and it's a fair argument.

## When Adios is

- Your YouTube watching is mostly a Mac at a desk — tutorials, talks, music in a background tab.
- $13.99 a month for one of five features you'd use feels absurd.
- You'd rather not hang another subscription off your Google account.
- You want nothing collected about you. No account means nothing to collect.
- You watch a handful a day, in which case 30 videos a month free may already cover it.

[Try Adios free](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adios-ad-blocker-for-youtube/id6782190165?mt=12)

## Both?

No point. Premium already serves you no ads, so Adios would have nothing to remove. If you pay for Premium, skip this.

## The bit nobody wants to say

Removing ads means the creators you watch earn less from you. That's true of every ad blocker, this one included.

If a channel matters to you, Premium, channel memberships, Patreon and merch all get money to them in a way that ad-free watching doesn't. Adios exists because YouTube's ad load has become genuinely hostile, not because I think creators shouldn't get paid.

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*Adios is a Safari extension for macOS 13+ that makes YouTube ads disappear by swapping in YouTube's own ad-free embed player. 30 videos per month free, then a one-time $4.99 purchase — not a subscription. Contact: adios.contact@pm.me*