YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
  • nighty@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    They have really gone all out on the whole enshittification process during the past couple of years, haven’t they?

  • waspentalive@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    As fill-in ads are a vector for computer viruses and other malware I for one will NOT be disabling my ad blocker unless YouTube is willing to provide a lifetime subscription to something like Life Lock and make me whole for anything lost to whatever malware arrives as a part of an ad.

    Where else can I watch sci-show, Linus-tech-tips, and all the other channels I subscribe to?

  • Shrek@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I pay for a youtube premium family plan. Best money I spend monthly. I want to support the youtube creators that I watch, I don’t have to see ads (I block them anyway), and I get a music service included.

    • JoYo 🇺🇸@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 years ago

      revanue from yt premium views is like 1000x from ad views. that’s probably only going to get larger.

      if you dont believe in paying for your media then you give power to the advertisers.

  • dan@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Then I’m going to begin not fucking watching YouTube.

    • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      There is a federated version of YouTube…

      But storing video is a massive challenge, way harder than dealing with a Lemmy or Mastodon instance.

  • Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 years ago

    We did the Twitter to Mastodon migration. Now we are doing the Reddit to Lemmy/kbin migration. When are we doing the YouTube to Peertube migration?

    • Libre Extremist@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 years ago

      That’s impossible or at least very difficult, right now. Video content is very expensive. LBRY is the only feasible option.