Comment on YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads''

archchan@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  pay for the service then.

  Serving HD videos aint free

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  • archchan@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    pay for the service then

    Gladly. So I donated to Peertube.

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    • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      whats that got to do with youtube?

      if you’re exclusively using peertube, why are you complaining about ads on youtube?

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  • jkrtn@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So? Creating videos isn’t free, but few creators are receiving money worth the time they put in.

    They also have a cycle-of-rage algorithm leading children from video game content into far-right radicalization.

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    • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The people you watch on yt get a higher amount from premium viewers

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  • Marcbmann@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So many people in this comment section are pissed that YouTube isn’t both free and ad-free. It’s mind blowing.

    Yes, YouTube is a business and exists to generate revenue.

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    • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i’d get it if people were complaining about ads being added to paid subscriptions. i cancelled my prime subscription for exactly that reason.

      But people whinging about having to watch ads on a service they’re not paying for has always struck me as weird

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      • Marcbmann@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, completely agree. But this is also Lemmy. The majority of users are either a communist or almost a communist. They want everything to be free or paid for by someone else.

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  • paholg@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I pay for YouTube. I’m mildly optimistic that this won’t make it into the paid version, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if it does.

    I’ve already had to cancel Amazon Prime after they made the base tier have ads, but continued to show ads after paying extra for ad-free.

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    • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’ll get there. They’re boiling the frog. If you’ll pay now to get rid of ads, you’ll pay more to get rid of them when they show up, until you can’t pay more and then you’ll watch the ads.

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