Comment on Goodbye Youtube and thanks for all the fish

• chuckd@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  for a price

  Coincidentally, the price of advertisements

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  • madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is it though? How much revenue does Google get from bombarding me with ads? I despise ads, block them whenever I can and will actively avoid products that interrupt my shows.

    Instead they could get 5$ a month from me for no ads.

    Yet here we are, they sending ads my way and me fighting them off with every tool possible.

    With all the tracking they do, you’d think they’d be able to identify power users like me, I run piholes, blockers, vanced etc, yet they still don’t seem to understand I’m not the target audience they are looking for…

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    • chuckd@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Instead they could get 5$ a month from me for no ads.

      They do this already. It’s called YouTube Premium and they’ve determined it’s worth more than $5 a month. My guess is the amount they decide to charge is not an arbitrary number, but one that covers their expenses based on expected engagement.

      Unpopular opinion: If people either paid monthly, or they didn’t run pihole, blockers, or vanced, the monthly price of YT Premium would probably be closer to your magical $5 cost. Although, honestly, I doubt you’d pay the $5 either.

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      • nowayhosay@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        “the mega globo corps only charge what they have to, to make ends meet. it would be cheaper if every one paid i swear”

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      • JamesFire@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        My guess is the amount they decide to charge is not an arbitrary number, but one that covers their expenses based on expected engagement.

        They charge the amount that gives them the most benefit. That definitely includes profit as a factor. Likely a large one. Companies don’t lower their prices when costs go down. They take in more profit.

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  • davetapley@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well, not necessarily, right? It could be funded any number of ways, but on YT you’re locked in to either watching their ads, or paying their premium.

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    • chuckd@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Those are exactly the number of ways.

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      • wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah I’m trying to figure that out, too. Other than different tiers, what other payment model is there that would make sense?

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  • mesamunefire@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Donations are not ads.

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• thorbot@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Checked that out, typed in Board Game Reviews, only videos are clickbait videos by sleazebag Jon Del Arroz, Noped out so fast

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  • davetapley@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well yes, this is the problem isn’t it:

    1. Monopoly X sucks
    2. Federated alternatives developed
    3. People complain that there’s not enough content

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