• Rin@lemm.ee
    22·
    5 hours ago

    I will not use youtube and use ads. The sooner they break my adblocker, the sooner i won’t be on their platform

    • Aermis@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 hours ago

      I really don’t think they understand this… If an ad starts playing on YouTube I just turn it off and see why my ad blocker isn’t working. If it doesn’t work I simply don’t watch the video. I had no desire to switch to Firefox because Chrome was just working for me, but then it didn’t work. There’s no way in hell I’m sitting here with my adhd addled brain, with my 4 year old phone in my hands watching for 30 seconds why I need a brand new acura.

      The only time I’ve ever willingly watched an ad was tiktok. Because they know I can simply swipe and skip it, but sometimes the sponsored content is creative and entertaining.

      • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
        3·
        41 minutes ago

        They do understand it. They just believe the number of people who will do it are small enough to be worth it.

  • 1984@lemmy.today
    33·
    6 hours ago

    Supporting the creators, yeah, because thats what Google built their empire on top of.

    Caring about people.

        • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          4 hours ago

          Prefer Patreon or other means. YT takes 30% of that money, and including bs like processing fees that’s more like 36%. Patreon’s share is 12%.

    • Tux@lemmy.worldOP
      12·
      5 hours ago

      Most creaters (even smaller ones) doesn’t care about revunue (YT creaters get paid if they’re in YPP) loss from adblockers and lm pretty sure YouTubers also use adblock instead of paying Premium

  • Soup@lemmy.world
    42·
    3 hours ago

    I ended up paying for it because, frankly, expecting Youtube to be completely free and fighting how it could be paid for is kinda crazy. We’re just used to it being free but running Youtube is expensive. I watch hours of Youtube nearly every day and don’t use Crunchyroll nearly as much so why am I ok paying for that but not Youtube?

    Yes, if they do actually start pushing ads then I’m going to wonder what the hell I’m paying for but for the time being I’m ok with paying for a service. I only started paying for it recently, to be fair, but I get it.

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
      1·
      8 minutes ago

      Give an inch, they take a mile

      Instead of trying to make money, they should be looking at how to operate without it

      Peertube is an example of figuring this out

    • FelixCress@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 hours ago

      It depends how many hours per month you use it I guess.

      I am fine paying for Netflix (it is quite cheap here as well) which I watch probably at least 20-30 hours per month but not for youtube which I use for the music maybe an hour per week or less.

      YouTube frequency of commercials is unacceptable. If they were to play a commercial every half an hour or so, I would say it is too often but I would understand it.

      They don’t, they try to play a commercial every other song start, so every 7-10 minutes. They are taking a piss.

      • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        5·
        2 hours ago

        At the end of the day, Google is just going to double dip and take your money, and still sell your data.

        They are, first and foremost, an ad company. Their money maker is the data they get from you; your viewing habits and whatever they can scrape from your computer.

      • Soup@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 minutes ago

        I don’t get any commercials now and I use it for all kinds of stuff from educational videos to hours and hours of things like D&D streams. It’s all worth it.

        You pay nothing for it and complain about commercials. I don’t want to go shilling for corporations but whining about Youtube paying the bills is just sad, bud.