Ads should be separate from content and not interfere with it. Ad blockers likely wouldn’t be a thing if this were followed. Also, ad networks are a security issue. Host them on your own servers with relationships with advertisers if you must have them.
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TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 8 months agoI just pay for YouTube Premium. It gets me YouTube Music, so for slightly more than the cost of Spotify I get music streaming and ad-free YouTube, and the channels I watch on YouTube get more value out of my streaming than if I watched with ads. And far more than if I watched with an adblocker.
Google Play Music was so much better than YouTube Music, unfortunately, but YouTube Music is still usable.
I understand that everyone hates ads. I hate ads, too. But video streaming and content creation aren’t free. I want to support the platform and support the creators whose content I enjoy, and I don’t want ads. So YouTube Premium seems like the easy option.
knobbysideup@lemm.ee 8 months ago
The_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.org 8 months ago
The way ads are displayed effects how effective they are which in turn effects how valuable they are. More people turning to adblockers reduces the effectiveness of the ads and devalues the advertising method as a whole, more adblockers being used, lower effectiveness. YouTube then has to resort to putting in effort to combat adblockers which itself costs even more, ads have to become more intrusive to retain their value so YouTube can maintain it’s own servers and pay it’s content creators and it becomes an endless cycle of “fuck you I want your service for free and you are trampling my rights for trying to profit off me using your product”. In return all YouTube asks of you to obtain an ad-free video watching session for a month is $4 ($22/month split among 6 users)
Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Well, would ya look at Mr/Ms moneybags over here.
If you’re broke like me, get libretube on PC and newpipe on Android.
If you’re on iOS, may Satan have mercy on your souls.
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’ll admit I make good money. I work in software.
But I’ve been paying that since before I was making good money. Again, this is my music streaming platform. I would be paying $10/month to Spotify if I weren’t paying $14/month to YouTube.
(Actually I looked into my subscription while typing this, and I’m still paying the grandfathered price of $9.99/month for YouTube Premium. Pretty sweet, that.)
Xepher@lemm.ee 8 months ago
FYI, that grandfathered price goes away after December
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s a shame, but the benefits still outweigh the cost in my mind. I hate ads, so what I get out of a YouTube Premium subscription is far more than what I get from Netflix or Max.
(And I realize I can get all of this for free by going around the TOS, but if I have the money I might as well support the service.)
NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Not really reasonable. I don’t make much above min wage but get YT Premium
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Its reasonable for a lot of us
Infinity13@lemmy.world 8 months ago
AdGuard and Vinegar on safari, uYouPlus from Altstore
coffinwood@feddit.de 8 months ago
But your “solution” sounds like you don’t contribute at all. Especially none of the content creators gets a dime out of your consumption.
Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Lol, fuck em. Actually, fuck them and Google. I’m broke, they aren’t, so fuck em. The world is on the brink of another major war and you want me to pay for some shit that Google has plenty of funds to cover. Fuck em.
narwhalperson@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Vivaldi browser just came out for iOS and has Adblock support. So does Firefox focus. Also, invidious/piped is always an option.
oKtosiTe@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Using AdGuard and Vinegar to use YouTube in Safari, I can’t remember when I last saw an ad. It’s not ideal, but it works well enough.
Rengoku@lemm.ee 8 months ago
If you are broke you are better off using your time outside fediverse or social media to make extra money.
Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Or maybe you can mind you fucking business. I’m studying 6-7 hours daily.
Rengoku@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I mind my own business earning money.
Unlike you.
Be more keyboard warrior please.