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YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Post by justinclift »

crop_rotation wrote: post #163
beardedwizard wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

people are paying for the content with patreon, bypassing YouTube entirely. Why cant YouTube figure out how to get that money people are clearly willing to part with? Why blame the users for YouTube failure?

The amount of people paying with patreon is just so so tiny compared to people watching YouTube in any country or city that I am not even sure what your point is. > Why cant YouTube figure out how to get that money people are clearly willing to part with? What does this even mean? I hope you are not suggesting in good faith that YouTube should grab money from other companies somehow? Money that was given to that comp…

> The amount of people paying with patreon is just so so ...

Interesting. What are your sources for that info? :)

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Post by lumenwrites »

knowledge-clay wrote: post #284
pb7 wrote: post #205

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> Cheapskates will do the wildest of mental gymnastics to justify why they won't pay for the premium option. You're the reason why the internet sucks. Ads make the internet suck

Ads pay for all the content we're enjoying. Something has to.

Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Post by vba616 »

crop_rotation wrote: post #126

YouTube premium perfectly showcases why ads dominate the internet, because even when there is a paid option for a service much cheaper than any alternative, people do not want to pay (And I am not talking about too broke to pay cases). Serving an infinite video catalog is very expensive in terms of all resources (And yes Netflix is not comparable, unlike YouTube, Netflix can highly leverage cache boxes at ISPs). Vime…

>people do not want to pay

People don't want to pay for subscriptions because everything has become a bait and switch with infinite tiers!

Whether it's the local newspaper, or a mega-tech company's corporate offerings.

I tried subscribing (online) to my hometown newspaper within the last year. And a major national news publication.

You know how people say (or used to) that the garbage on the internet is the fault of the public for not being willing to pay for good journalism.

Well, guess what? You pay, you're just a sucker, probably senile and out of touch, so every third thing you click on is still behind a pay wall in the hopes you'll upgrade.

And, you know, it's being done to big dumb corporations with all the software-as-a-service offerings, and they're sucking up your tax dollars from government the same way. I don't want to name names, but the entire game seems to be slicing up features randomly and making up excuses to charge more for almost every one.

Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Post by ChatGTP »

crop_rotation wrote: post #126

YouTube premium perfectly showcases why ads dominate the internet, because even when there is a paid option for a service much cheaper than any alternative, people do not want to pay (And I am not talking about too broke to pay cases). Serving an infinite video catalog is very expensive in terms of all resources (And yes Netflix is not comparable, unlike YouTube, Netflix can highly leverage cache boxes at ISPs). Vime…

On the hand, people have been abused by Google (by way of stealing our attention) and Google has trained us not to pay for services.

So I can’t see how you expect me to trust the company that has tried to game me, and never disclosed that I was the product.

Why should I pay now ?

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Post by forgotmysn »

kenhwang wrote: post #179

I hope this leads to a viable competitor to Youtube. Youtube being the de-facto video host for medium length content has pretty noticeable effects on how content is created to tailor to Youtube's algorithms and users. I would love to see a BitTorrent-style solution to video hosting. If your video is popular, there's more seeders, but also you can just seed it yourself. Then you can have an ecosystem where there's dif…

Odysee is the one I see referenced the most

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Post by jquery »

mertd wrote: post #148
crop_rotation wrote: post #126

YouTube premium perfectly showcases why ads dominate the internet, because even when there is a paid option for a service much cheaper than any alternative, people do not want to pay (And I am not talking about too broke to pay cases). Serving an infinite video catalog is very expensive in terms of all resources (And yes Netflix is not comparable, unlike YouTube, Netflix can highly leverage cache boxes at ISPs). Vime…

I have YT premium and it is easily the best money I spend most months. I'll just play devil's advocate. Maybe people are imagining a pay per view type of experience?

Yeah, YouTube premium is one of those rare subscriptions that as soon as it lapses I immediately resubscribe. The value for the money is just too good.

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Post by alwayslikethis »

wnevets wrote: post #4

On a related note as someone who uses YouTube constantly YouTube Premium is absolutely worth it.

It seems inferior to a combination of ublock origin and sponsorblock. Unlike using these two, you don't have the option of staying logged out while watching videos without being bombarded by ads.

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Post by empyrrhicist »

ThaDood wrote: post #273
climb_stealth wrote: post #221

It's incredible how many people go "I was almost ready to give them money" whilst using Youtube all the time with an ad blocker. I know it, I was one of them for years. Just buy the subscription. You get the free trial for a month. Nothing changes, the money is not missed, but you actually pay for something you use a lot. The biggest benefit is not being subjected to ads anymore just by being next to family members w…

IIRC YouTube Premium also comes with YouTube Music, which coming from a former Google Music user, the plan was a no-brainer. If YT Music great? Well, no but it's fine. It has my music, podcasts and decent recommendation algorithm. Paired that with commerical free YT and it's a stellar offer.

I quit when they switched because I hated YT music so much. Switched to Spotify, and cut out the YT subscription entirely. I watch a lot less YT now.

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Post by anon-3988 »

karaterobot wrote: post #67

Is it weird that this makes me want to subscribe to YouTube premium less than before? Feels like I've been poised to give them money for a while, since so many people seem to like the service. Now I feel like they're challenging me to a duel.

Mate, Youtube have existed for almost 2 decades and you probably used them for most of it. I have used it to watch countless hours of lectures, talks, interviews and entertainment. You probably have the same experience of it for the past 2 decade too.

If you are not going to pay for THAT, you aren't going to pay for ANYTHING. Just admit you want free stuff. Stop deluding yourself into thinking that Youtube is somehow responsible for hosting all these for free.

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