• dan@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    My rational mind realises it’s such an expensive system to run that it’s reasonable for them to charge or show ads. The problem is they’ve been extremely aggressive with ads and pushing subscriptions, to the point where I’m pretty resentful of the idea. Plus they’ve neglected so many things (like allowing aggressive copyright predators and refusing to implement sensible human-based appeals processes) that they really should have dealt with and instead embraced an algorithm that I’m pretty sure is at least partially responsible for the radicalisation of large groups of people.

    I… don’t mind paying for shit. I just don’t want to give them money.

    Also: wow there’s federated video sharing? Bet that’s not cheap to run.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve been paying for YouTube since it was YouTube Red. Then they increased the price of the family plan by 50% and I quit paying. Adblocking has been working well. This news about YT blocking adblocking came out a few weeks ago and since then I have been watching and listening via YT non-stop.

    • CoffeeBot@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I think the other issue is that giving them money doesn’t stop some of the ads iirc