I’d pay for a premium service if it meant that YouTube couldn’t profile me. I don’t really want to pay for it just so that they can reliably link financial data to the profile they build on me.
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CosmoNova@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoWhile I share your sentiment, they’ve got a backdoor for exactly that scenario: Youtube Premium. We are addicted to the algorithm and a lot of us are willing to pay good money for their stream of dopamine. Of course Google will eventually mess up there too, but it could easily give them another decade of intense money milking.
tal@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I use it all the time but I definitely don’t use the “algorithm”.
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 3 weeks ago
I pay for it. It gets rid of the ads when I need a video of how to do XYZ thing. It lets me watch channels that I care about without interpretations. The main thing for me though is when a friend or family member sends me a YouTube video, I don’t have to watch ads.
It’s weird to me that folks are so hostile towards paying for things they use on the Internet. I mean, I get that venture capital fueled a seemingly endless “free lunch” of new services with small amounts of advertising… but it had to end at some point. It costs a lot of money to run a “YouTube.”
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People are hostile towards it because Youtube generates enough revenue as is and becomes greedier by the day. People paying for it on top is only making things progressively worse. Free users will only get more and more ads shoved down their throat while premium users experience more and more price hikes. I‘m gonna keep blocking ads the traditional way for as long as I can because I do not see a fair alternative in the long run.
My comment wasn‘t about defending Youtube or anything. The truth is the service can become much worse and still be more profitable so that’s what Youtube is working towards like every other service. Enshittification is at full swing. Google makes more money while creators continue to lose revenue. Things are becoming worse. Just not exactly the way it was described in the previous comment.
PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I pay for the family bundle for YT Music. The ad free YT is just a bonus.
foggy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
lol I’m not paying for shit.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Neither do I, but that’s hardly the point. The house of cards you’re describing is reinforced with concrete steel. Unless you’re a creator with a massive audience, Youtube does not need you.
foggy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s some Yahoo logic. Even giants stumble and fall.