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dwindling7373@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  IMO: Ads are ads, even if they come from the creator themselves.

  People will support them if they can and if they want to.

  Many ways to support them, direct funding, talking about them, making communities, and other stuff.

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  • dwindling7373@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s not your opinion. Ads are, indeed, ads.

    Not all ads are invasive soul seeking tracking nightmares and no, there are not “many ways” for content creators to do that full-time.

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    • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s not your opinion.

      Okay.

      Not all ads are invasive soul seeking tracking nightmares

      Ads are ads; it doesn’t matter if they are “good” or “bad,” unless you want to watch them like most people do because they don’t mind or they don’t know how to block them.

      no, there are not “many ways” for content creators to do that full-time.

      If they do not get the engagement or funds they need, they will either paywall or find other ways to support themselves; or they will just not make it on YouTube or streaming, like many people before them, unless they continue to fight on while learning and failling.

      This reminds me of some small business talks; it is a harsh capitalistic world; you give up or keep trying.

      I still say grassroots funding and support is the way to go if they are just doing it for the hobby or for what they believe.

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      • dwindling7373@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        newpipe.net/…/newpipe-and-online-advertising/

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• Limfjorden@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Explicit sponsorship inside a video is considered to be one of a few good solution to the issue of content creators being naturally subjected to death by starvation.

  It’s better on the issue of tracking, but if one is just an opponent of ads in general, there is no difference.

  I would rather pay someone than watch ads (which I do if I watch their content regularly). I subscribe to Nebula, where a lot of the creators I watch post their videos. I also support some through Patreon. I wish there was a way to pay for just a single video, since some creators only occasionally produce videos I want to watch.

  Ads promote overconsumption, and I don’t think anyone should be forced to see them, unless they want to. Also, the sponsors are always the same 10 shitty companies (Betterhelp, Raid Shadow Legends, NordVPN…). I don’t care for these companies, so why should I be forced to watch ads for them?

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  • dwindling7373@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wish there was a way to pay for just a single video

    There totally is, just send them a low amount of money or do the hwole Youtube Premium thing.

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• lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  advertising is emotional manipulation that i do not wish to be subjected to when not actively seeking it out. doesn’t matter if it’s done out of necessity, give me as a viewer a way to support you directly if that’s the situation.

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  • dwindling7373@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It does matter and most people obviously give you ways to directly support them.

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      and i pay those people if i engage with their creations. i still get ads in their videos, so i use sponsorblock.

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      • dwindling7373@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No you don’t.

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• BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, no, no.

  Fuck ads in any form, and fuck you for trying to normalize/justify them.

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  • dwindling7373@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well, fuck you as well :)

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    • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We have so much in common!

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  • rglullis@communick.news ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh, I guess I’ll bite…

    If ads are not acceptable ever, please tell me how you think people should be supported.

    • Crowdfunding is not enough.
    • The culture is to reject any type of business, even when it’s a small mom-and-pop shop, or an indie dev.
    • Co-ops could work, but (usually) require some level of affinity between the members (e.g: people from the same geographical region or artists working on some specific style/school) or they require some rich benefactor to bootstrap the venture.

    Unless you are expecting people to just provide you free content forever, what do you suggest?

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    • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You don’t see open source platforms and software advertise everywhere, do you?

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      • rglullis@communick.news ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How is that an answer to my question?

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