Comment on YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto

RaptorBenn@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s not. Alphabet is already making billions off our data. Just use uBlock or ReVanced or whatever and don’t shovel more money into their greedy pockets.

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  • RaptorBenn@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And if they have your data, they didnt steal it, you signed it over or they bought it from someone you signed it over to, personal data is rarely stolen, mostly just handed off and then people act like they put a gun to their head to get it.

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  • RaptorBenn@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well because an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, i dont base my actions on how poorly someone else has acted. I just try and do the right thing.

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  • jim3692@discuss.online ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What would happen if all users start using adblockers, or the value of ads starts to fall?

    I do not support the current, ad-driven, model of the internet. However, since the costs of subscriptions are increasing, while salaries are going downhill, it is apparent that ads is (seemingly) the only viable choice for now.

    In the economy we currently live in, all of world’s wealth is slowly moving to ad networks.

    Even donation driven models are currently straggling. Just look at the fediverse. The people donating to their instances are not enough to sustain them.

    Capitalism has absolutely destroyed everything. The greed of stakeholders has milked most people. At some point people will stop buying the useless things or services promoted via advertisements, just because they will not be able to afford them. Then, no subscriptions, no point of advertising, no donators, no people hosting fediverse instances, just world hunger.

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