From time to time I do think about the advertising industry taking into account humanity’s interests. I’m not sure if it’s a net positive.
However, if you don’t agree with advertisement, the ethical decision to make is to not watch YouTube. Because you disagree with the “price” it doesn’t make it OK to access it for free.
I honestly think that the future of content funding will be a mix of ads, donations and subscriptions. LBRY is moving in that direction. With PeerTube it’s kind of a mess because an instance can have ads and even trackers so I’m a bit skeptical of that alternative. You will end up with many “YouTubes” if you don’t kill surveillance capitalism in its roots.
Ultimately I think alternatives to platforms like YT need to have good principles from the ground up if the internet is to improve.
From time to time I do think about the advertising industry taking into account humanity’s interests. I’m not sure if it’s a net positive.
However, if you don’t agree with advertisement, the ethical decision to make is to not watch YouTube. Because you disagree with the “price” it doesn’t make it OK to access it for free.
I honestly think that the future of content funding will be a mix of ads, donations and subscriptions. LBRY is moving in that direction. With PeerTube it’s kind of a mess because an instance can have ads and even trackers so I’m a bit skeptical of that alternative. You will end up with many “YouTubes” if you don’t kill surveillance capitalism in its roots.
Ultimately I think alternatives to platforms like YT need to have good principles from the ground up if the internet is to improve.