YouTube gets more aggressive in pushing adblock warnings with countdown timer

Post by realusername » Sun, Aug 13, 2023, 7:16 AM UTC

chii wrote: post #20

thomassmith65 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Am I super happy about paying for YouTube? I would gladly pay money for Youtube, but I'd sooner eat a live subway rat than pay money to Youtube. Even if I believed a for-profit model were appropriate for the largest repository of the world's video content, I wouldn't want AlphaGoogle to be the company implementing that model.

So if youtube wasn't owned by google, you'd be happy to have paid? I actually think this is irrational, because reason google is forcing thru anti-consumer features is _because_ they can't get enough revenue out of youtube!

Post by pb7 » Sun, Aug 13, 2023, 7:17 AM UTC

pseudo0 wrote: post #30

phildenhoff wrote: post #4

While I disagree with trying to prevent Adblock, I’m a recent convert to YouTube premium and it’s just so nice. I only tried it after using my girlfriend’s account on our TV for a bit, I was vehemently against it prior. Am I super happy about paying for YouTube? No. Is it worth ~CAD$30/mo to not worry about ads anywhere, have background playback on mobile, and support the folks I watch? Absolutely.

> and support the folks I watch? YouTube takes a 45% cut. So out of that $30, YouTube pays a few cents for bandwidth, and takes $13.50 thanks to its dominant market position. I'd much rather watch with AdBlock and donate via Gumroad or Patreon.

Post by pxeger1 » Sun, Aug 13, 2023, 7:18 AM UTC

Post by realusername » Sun, Aug 13, 2023, 7:23 AM UTC

pb7 wrote: post #40

ssl232 wrote: post #33

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Even though $5 > ~$0?

You don’t set the price, they do.

Post by phito » Sun, Aug 13, 2023, 7:32 AM UTC

eastbound wrote: post #14

_V_ wrote: post #6

Yeah, still not budging. They keep shoving multiple obnoxious ads every few minutes in the video. It is the same as the predatory monetization approach in the (mobile) gaming industry where authors makes the original product so awful deliberately only so they can shove subscription down your throat. Basically selling you solution for a problem they created. Screw that mentality, not paying them. And I don't mind payi…

I don’t want to give Google my credit card, because in case of any problem/litigation, they can take away my Gmail. They’ve painted themselves in a corner with routinely deleting accounts for political reasons.