Comment on Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users

• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Honestly: I’d rather pay for YT and pirate Netflix.
  The amount of Entertainment I get from YT exceeds the scale of Netflix and I use it daily at 2-3h per day.

  And while yes, it’s free, I can also support the creators with a better click price than a regular click.
  Is it a better solution then the respective patreon/whatever? Nope
  Do I want to pay 5€/month or video each time? Fuck no. I am not king Midas.

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  • wishthane@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yup, that’s how I see it too. I don’t like seeing ads, the creators do at least get more money, and the actual value I get out of YouTube is pretty high

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  • FehrIsFair@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not to mention not every creator will have a patreon anyway so this covers that scenario as well.

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• IntrepidIceIgloo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Stockholm syndrome

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  • Mercival@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Stockholm syndrome was made up to cover for police incompetence

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    • cybersandwich@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thats the first I’ve heard of that. Got a link? this sounds like a rabbit hole I’d like to go down.

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      • Mercival@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Here’s a springboard article, if you want to do your own research.

        nzz.ch/…/how-the-myth-of-stockholm-syndrome-came-…

        The woman, based on whom the term was coined (the psychiatrist never even talked to her) wrote an autobiography “I became Stockholm Syndrome”.

        There’s also the works of Allan Wade, a Canadian psychologist, who has talked to the victims throughout his career.

        Basically when you’re at the whims of an armed lunatic, you might cozy up to them in order to appease them. The victims were also really afraid of the police coming in and shooting them. Which is pretty justified, considering the police couldn’t even identify the perpetrator before conceding on his demands and bringing in his prison buddy.

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• grayman@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s a ton of educational content only on YT and so it’s a part of our homeschool curriculum. My kids were getting a lot of super inappropriate ads a while back, so I got premium to avoid all ads.

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  • there1snospoon@ttrpg.network ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What homeschool curriculum provider are you using?

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    • grayman@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Acton and we participate in a state program and several private programs depending on the kids’ interest.

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