Exactly. Everyone complains about ad tech and enshittification until you point them to the conveniently located button that lets them pay for the service…
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Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Is it enshittification, or how the Internet should work for commercial services? Youtube isn’t publicly funded. You either pay for the product or become it in exchange for use.
deong@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Misconduct@startrek.website 11 months ago
Yeah that’s great and all until you realize that paying for services just allows them take your money and still also do whatever they want with your data lol. If I could give them money for a guarantee that they wouldn’t collect or sell my data on top of that then…maybe. Probably not since I’d never trust Google to keep their word on that they’re so slimy now.
edenbenzaken@lemmy.org.il 11 months ago
Yep, I pay services such as Fastmail and Kagi monthly with no hesitation. Either I pay or I get spied on, what kinda lame ass deal is it if both happen?
AVengefulAxolotl@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Microsoft did not like that
mememuseum@lemmy.world 11 months ago
These companies ran these services for years without any of this crap.
spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I mean, even if you pay for the service, they still harvest you, which is double dipping. So…
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You pay for the service to watch the videos. Or you watch the ads that advertisers pay Youtube to show to you. This concern about data harvesting is a side concern that isn’t unique to Youtube. If you sign up for a free membership, mailing list, etc. from any place you shop (say, the grocery store to get their members’ price discounts), you’re allowing yourself to have your data mined and monetized.
You could watch Youtube without signing in.
atetulo@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Weird.
I haven’t been paying for it since inception, nor do I watch its ads.
Yet it’s been incredibly profitable for years.
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Until recently, my buddy had been enjoying Netflix for going on 10 years, for free. No cost. Turns out he’s just been using the service while I pay for it. So your situation is not weird, per se.
mrmanager@lemmy.today 11 months ago
Any big tech company will both take your money and spy on your activities.
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Unless they sign a business agreement with you that puts them in legal jeopardy of collecting/sharing/selling your information. This is a standard agreement between companies that use tech products and the companies that provide them.