Comment on YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker
Bulletdust@lemmy.world 10 months agoConsidering data harvesting, they can either pay me for my private data, or I’ll watch YouTube for free without ads.
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And they’ll degrade the experience. See how that works?
You free load, you get a worse experience.
Bulletdust@lemmy.world 10 months ago
4 ads in a 15-20 minute video is as degraded as things get, I’d rather stare at the wall for 5 mins.
Contrary to popular modern corporate culture, I’m not a commodity who’s sole purpose is to provide continued growth quarter over quarter to appease shareholders. Meanwhile the price of YouTube premium has actually increased on top of increased cost of living expenses.
So fuck Google, they can actually pay me for my personal browsing information, or I’ll continue to use adblockers. Hell, yt-dlp isn’t out of the question at this point in time.
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
So pay. I don’t see the ads. You see how that works, right?
Bulletdust@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I do pay. They use my private browsing data for free, in return I watch YouTube with no ads because I use an adblocker. I have nothing in place preventing Google from tracking my internet usage, so they’re free to use my data while I can watch YouTube for free without four ads in a 15 minute video.
As stated, I am not some commodity that exists solely as a means for large publically traded corporations bigger than most Governments to make a killing in relation to profits because of the modern mindset that growth must be sustained quarter over quarter in order to appease shareholders.