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YouTube putting videos in my feed that I am unable to watch (due to not having a paid membership)
(lemmy.dbzer0.com)
This is no shade against uncle dane or jontohil2, this is probably just youtube's fault
here's what shows up if I click on the video
uh this might get me hate but this is a rare instance of youtube doing its job and doing it well.
members videos are basically like patreon but directly on youtube. members who choose to fund a channel get ad-free and exclusive content on top of the knowledge their money/attention is going directly towards their favorite creator and not some random advertiser.
and youtube is doing its job by advertising this content. it would be a failure of a service if it kept these videos a secret.
it says “members only” right there. just don’t click it and learn to accept that the creators you enjoy need to make a living somehow.
The advertisers aren't getting money by showing you ads unless you buy something, unless you mean YouTube which I think still takes a cut. Also I've been getting 'recommendations' for videos like those from channels I haven't even subscribed to so it's almost certainly not my favourite creator they're trying to get me to throw money at.
The YouTube main page is already usually about 16-20% ads (although every now and then it's less) I don't like having even fewer serious recommendations.
edited to fix my second paragraph, thank you