• slimarev92@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Ads are bad (I agree).

      Paying for things is bad.

      Then what’s left? YouTube should somehow be ad free and free of cost for the user forever and ever? Who’s gonna pay for the enormous costs of operating the service?

      People are going to start yelling at me about capitalism and enshitiffication. Both of which cause problems, but what do you propose here? Magic?

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        I propose YouTube make a MUCH better premium product and price it correctly. Paying for things is fine. Paying for things to get crappier? Na

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        I’m not opposed to paying for online services in general, I’m just not going to pay them to make the site worse with every update. (Plus I kinda categorically refuse to give Google money at this point.)

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        I’ll still call someone a clown for paying even if I’m able to acknowledge that someone has to hold the bag. Just ain’t gonna me or hopefully anyone I care about.

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      Youtube might be the literal most valuable site in my life, up there with Wikipedia and search engines.

      A large part of my payment also goes to the channels I view.

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        Really? I watch very little Youtube, so I’d rather not use it than pay $10+ for it. I’m currently able to block ads, so I’ll watch as long as that’s an option.

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            Unpopular opinion, but I also use YouTube almost exclusively.

            It has my podcasts, my political livestreamers, late night shows, and multiple channels that I follow.

            I also enjoy YouTube music as well.

            I bought a full year, which lowers the price a little.

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      4 months ago

      If you watch ads instead of paying a modest fee to remove them then you’re a clown. Companies do need to make money for the services they provide, I just disagree with the amount.

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        “Modest?” $14 a month? $5 would be modest. I literally pay less for whole as streaming services.

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          If you watch enough youtube per month to see an hour of ads and you can’t block ads for some reason, you may actually be losing time/money by not paying the subscription. That said, there are ad blockers for almost every platform so it shouldn’t be too difficult to find one that works.

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              That was my comment about the amount that should be charged. I’ll happily pay $5/mo, but not $15. I’m happy to pay for services, just not the amount that many want to charge.

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        They make enough off of all my data they collect. I’m not paying them a cent for anything and I’m not watching a single ad. If you want to watch ads for shareholders, you are most definitely a clown.