I watch a lot of long-form video essays about politics, economics, media analysis, and societal stuff like that, sketch or video game comedy, and some random hobby stuff, all by independent creators. I also watch stream vods on YouTube. Oh and asmr to fall asleep. I don’t want to watch ads obviously but it would be much more expensive to support everyone I watch on patreon, even if I only gave a dollar to every one. And I do want to support them financially because a lot of that long-form stuff literally takes weeks or months to make.
Comment on YouTube Premium family plan price update ($17.99/month -> $32.99/month!)
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 10 months agoI’m reading this thread with lots of people saying they keep paying for premium because they watch so much YouTube, and fair play to them, it’s more convenient to pay
But what the fuck are people actually watching?!?
SolarNialamide@lemm.ee 10 months ago
CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I use it every day. I watch videos that are i on a specific topic, and YouTube has lots of them. For now, my uBlock in Firefox works. I will not pay for Premium if they block me
Instigate@aussie.zone 10 months ago
This is what I don’t understand either - as someone who stopped using Youtube the day that they brought ads in (except for watching embedded videos elsewhere as they don’t have ads), I haven’t been exposed to the long-form enshittification others have experienced and so maybe that’s why I don’t get it, but who is using Youtube for hours on end and what are they watching? Is it just conspiracy theorists falling further and further down the rabbit hole? I really don’t know.
BzzBiotch@lemmy.world 10 months ago
As an avid YT watcher: lots of high quality food and cooking shows, music and concerts, science channels, space and spacefaring channels and of course regular entertainment. Enough to fill your whole day, if necessary. With no fucking ads at all. I love it! ❤️