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 1 month ago
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
Just so we’re clear, you’re proposing UBI as a solution to a global website showing ads
athatet@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Right. Turns out UBI is a solution to a lot of things.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Are you aware that more than one country exists?
tabular@lemmy.world 1 month 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.