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this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
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I don't really know how people can expect YouTube to exist without some sort of income.
The age of free content is coming to a close as VC funds dry up. Serving video is expensive.
In reaction to this news from YouTube, I signed up for Premium. $12/mo for my main source of content? Easy decision.
Of course the Tesla stan is fine with aggressive advertising.
Thats more than most streaming services cost..l
And youtube doesnt create the content.. lol
YouTube premium views pay creators a LOT more than ads. So if you care about supporting creators and the platform they run on, then premium is an easy choice.
Additionally, most people spend a lot more time in YouTube than any other streaming site, so the cost makes sense given how fucking expensive video serving is.
If you care about supporting creators, donate to their patreon or buy merch or something. The idea that YouTube Premium needs to insert itself as a middleman for that purpose is nothing but a red herring.
On the other hand, YouTube is also supporting some content creators you hate...
... But at least you don't have to watch them.
I feel like I've read this exact comment before....
You can also subscribe to YT premium lite for 6$/mo. Basically YouTube premium without YouTube music and background playback.
Wish this was available in Canada. I'm paying $25 a month when I've never even touched YT music
Not anymore.
It has existed for 20 years just fine.
You people leap to the defence of billionaires making even more money any chance you get. Gobbling up that boot.
Only for copyright control freaks unwilling to use bittorrent-style multicast distribution. That's a "them" problem, not an "us" problem.
Congratulations on being a consumer removed, I guess?
It checks out for a Tesla stan to be so shallow and empty inside that all they got is identity flair stickers from the numerous products they consume.
Sure, but it isn't one ad anymore. it is two upfront, plus ads in the comment portion, plus random ads in between. The actual youtube app (without premium) is horrendous and I don't blame people for using ad blocker or newpipe, vancetube etc
I had no problems back when it was one skippable ad for laundry detergent and a banner for a deal on Xbox games at an electronics store. But the ads have just gotten so scummy, with some just being actual scams, it's become a matter of security and not having my brain rotted away by disgusting mobile ads full of diarrhea, piss, dead babies and foot fungus scraping. At this point Premium isn't a nice to have ad-less alternative, it's a protection racket.
I literally got an ad for (probably) some dating website, telling me to have some roadside anal with the girl pictured...this ad was on the youtube app, like what the actual fuck.
I've seen more tame ads on sketchy porn sites.
I got a government served ad on instagram of a photo with huge piles of viagra, telling me not to bring home those pills from vacation. I was at work trying to show a coworker some miniature a friend painted, needless to say i got a wtf face from my coworker and i reported the ad.
Keep ads reasonable and the amount reasonable like it used to be and this issue would've never existed.
Co-worker be like "you know those ads are targeted, right? Wanna tell me something?".
Awkward.
Exactly that, lol.
I doubt the accuracy of ads a lot, i keep getting this polestar 2 ad assuming i can afford to buy a new car. I can't even afford a shitbox and the running costs.
Heck, that viagra thing was saying it's illegal to import it (there's no need btw you can easily get it off the web lol) as if i've ever been out the country.
If they want targeted ads, give me ads for 50 cents milk and other cheap food from supermarket discounts.
This is ad's everywhere too. I was sitting in a dr's office that had the radio on and there was an ad for some shit called cash app77. Like undoubtedly a scam and taking another company's name to do so. It's fucking wild out here.
Serving videos is expensive, but gøøgl€ could file for bankruptcy and still continue hosting yt for a long time. gøøgl€ is not some small company with limited funds and them not getting ad revenue from yt isn't going to bankrupt them in any way.
$12? Over my dead body!
I have premium as well. What really bothers me though, is the fact that if you use the incognito mode, ads reappear.
Because incognito mode logs you out. What are you expecting to happen?
Searching for content without it tainting my recommended list.
Edit: recommend
Remove the videos you dislike from your history
How do you think YouTube has existed until now…?
Ad money. And that's drying up.
And before YouTube ads? Maybe it ran off of magic
I'm sorry, but the YouTube of 2005 is nothing like the YouTube of 2023.
In fact, nothing in 2023 is like it was in 2005.
No kidding
Everyone seems to forget one aspect... Google is constantly eating up your data, selling it to advertising companies and the what not. Now, last time I checked, Google owned YouTube. So, in my personal opinion, Google can have my data in exchange for no ads. Don't get me wrong, i'll still support my favorite creators through Patreon and all that... but screw google. I'm not buying premium when I'm forced to because of their greed.
Google does not sell data to their competitors dipshit
Yeah, sure. Next you're going to tell me all the countries in the world have settled their differences and the world is at peace. Bullshit bud, they without a doubt sell your personal info. "If a product is free, you're the product".
Dipshit.
Seriously think about it for a second. Why would they put themselves in a huge competitive disadvantage by not being the ones with the data? Any data Google collects for the most part is housed by them and they expose only a very, very tiny fraction to ad partners.