Comment on YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing
cattywampas@lemm.ee 6 days ago
I’m not surprised. YouTube has a constant stream of new material, curated to each user’s exact interests. And more back catalogue than you could watch in a thousand lifetimes. It’s definitely the service I use the most.
And if you pay for Premium you get all features and zero ads. Many of the competitors have paid options that still include ads.
Whether or not Premium is worth it is another debate entirely, but the fact of the matter is that it is simply a better deal compared to other streaming services.
And if you pay for Premium you get all features and zero ads
I like that I get music too. I honestly don’t mind my Premium subscription, I get decent value out of it for the amount of content I view. I just wish creators saw more of that money.
Am i wrong to think a premium view is worth a thousand non premium in revenue?
I think YouTube has said that Premium, formally Red, viewers do count more for ad revenue and other things like that for creators than free viewers. A streamer I follow I think said they were worth 5x for him
I need all these premium users to listen to my music lol
And a portion of your money goes to the creators you watch, and you get YouTube music included. I always say if you’re gonna pay for one service, the one that makes the most sense is YouTube.
There’s a lot to shit on yt for. But they do actually pay people real money for their work. It’s still surprising to me after all these years.
not neccesarily, not as much as you think, otherwise they wont be relying on brand deal, promotions and patreon. most of thier income comes from them.
Seemingly every video still includes sponsor segments. I use ublock origin with sponsorblock and actually see zero ads.
While love the content on Youtube, I’d like to pay for no ads and I’d like to support the creators, I just can’t bring myself to pay for a service where the UX is so catastrophically bad.
Search is basically non functional at this point. Video quality has to be adjusted manually for each video to not get pixelated mess. Even at 1080p the quality is barely better than DVD. The app caches so little ahead that the slightest network interruption pauses playback. Forced auto rotation makes you grab the device each time you return from full screen to the video list. Subtitles have completely gone to shit and it’s wild that in the age of forcing AI on everyone, that auto generated subtitles are still as bad as they are.
To name just a few…
Sorry for the rant
Correctly configure ad blockers will also get you an ad free experience and without that pesky monthly payment.
You’re not wrong, but that is not the point I was making.
Adblocking YouTube is 100% the best option. I agree there. But if someone does want to pay for membership then YouTube is, by far, the best deal. Their competitors are absolutely horrendous.
And if you pay for Premium you get all features and zero ads
Oh hey, me too, except I would never pay for premium. I just don’t use the official front-end.
you can use adblock, instead of paying. ALso the ADs are so intrusive you have no choice to use ublock origin.
Don’t sleep on the free movies.
Pro-tip: If you use uBlock Origin, no ads will play even on Youtube’s own free movies.
And if you add SponsorBlock the inline ads will be skipped too.
Yet they only ever recommend things you have already watched, if there was a real alternative I think YouTube would die very quickly.
I get new videos and new creators that are aligned with my interests all the time.
It's when I ignore those suggestions that's honestly are in line with what I'm currently obsessed with is when YouTube started showing me videos I've already watched
I’ve just turned to Nebula for the stuff I want to watch.
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 6 days ago
If you curate your Youtube experience decently by subbing to worthwhile creators only it’s damn high quality content.
Never paying Youtube a single cent though. I’ll consider donating to the creators directly (or buying from their store) if their efforts are sufficient.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 6 days ago
This is the way. The key is to ignore the clickbait, politics, low-effort content, and sensational bullshit, and just go after stuff you really like.
There’s even videos for every schedule. We seem to be back to 30-50 minute videos these days, but there are still some micro channels around. Like “Sandwiches of History”, where every video is at most two minutes.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 6 days ago
most of thier income comes from sources outside of youtube: brand promotion, promotions, patreon. all because youtube wants more share of ad revenue. also alot of youtubers eventually turns out to be pos in the end, or they become to preachy and political.
echodot@feddit.uk 5 days ago
Massive generalisation there. I bet you could give me a list of five YouTubers who’s that’s happened to and I will guarantee it that I never subscribe to their content in the first place.
embed_me@programming.dev 6 days ago
That’s when you stop supporting them
sykaster@feddit.nl 6 days ago
Thank god I only watch less popular channels and each one of them are great to hang with during streams. I’ve not seen trash youtube in a while. I only go to the my subs page anywah