i really don’t care
rather do without than with ads
The only real alternatives to ads are either paying for the content, or having someone else pay for you (which is the case with something like PeerTube - someone else is covering the cost of the server and bandwidth without asking you for payment).
baines@lemmy.cafe 17 hours ago
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 22 hours ago
If it were sensibly prized I would have no issue with paying for YouTube. But seeing as they almost ask for the same as Netflix and co while not producing any content, I decided for the adblocker instead
manxu@piefed.social 22 hours ago
They do not produce content, but they share 70% of revenue with the creators. You can argue that’s not enough, but it’s definitely more than Netflix et al pay their content creators.
tabular@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Paying to access content makes a lot more sense that hoping someone willingly watches an advert on their own hardware.
An indirect, alternate could be universal basic income - which makes it easier for people to choose less profitable options.
dan@upvote.au 21 hours ago
A lot of people either don’t want to pay, or can’t pay (eg people in developing nations with very low income). I agree that UBI would help, but we’re a long way off from that being a standard thing in one country, let alone worldwide.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 15 hours ago
Just so we’re clear, you’re proposing UBI as a solution to a global website showing ads
athatet@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Right. Turns out UBI is a solution to a lot of things.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 12 hours ago
Are you aware that more than one country exists?
tabular@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
To authors of works getting compensated for sharing their efforts. So here it’s a video content on a website, but also any other works on any other protocol.