If anyone does want to support them, even by a small amount, and don’t have much money, I personally recommend subscribing for a month or two to the Premium+ subsciption, which is only $2.99/month. It’s all I can afford atm personally, so that’s what I’m going to be doing. They deserve support just for this action alone.
Comment on Decentralised YouTube alternative Odysee no longer serving ads
nevemsenki@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Most such attempts fail when not enough people subscribe to paying tiers. Good luck to them nevertheless, I hope they succeed.
DreitonLullaby@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I don’t understand how that’s much different than YouTube. If you pay for YouTube then you don’t get ads either.
Melt@lemm.ee 1 month ago
The difference is your favorite channel won’t be destroyed by a corporate abusing copyright strike, they won’t have to self-censor themselves from saying fuck or shit. A platform making money from ads means every content creator on that platform is a slave to the advertisers
Jordan117@lemmy.world 1 month ago
they won’t have to self-censor themselves from saying fuck or shit
…or “non-white people are degenerate inferiors”.
Fuck Odysee.
mindlight@lemm.ee 1 month ago
My favorite channel wouldn’t have millions of subscribers and a somewhat steady recurring income because of this.
It’s a classic catch 22: Without viewers, no content creators. Without content creators, no viewers.
I think it’s great that they try to get rid of what makes YouTube suck but I don’t see that content creators are leaving YouTube anywhere soon.
DreitonLullaby@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
The point of the post is that Odysee no longer has ads. I’m not trying to say you needed the subscription to remove ads. That’s how it was previously, until today. Free users don’t see ads anymore.
The difference between YouTube Premium and Odysee Premium is mainly in it’s reason for existing. YouTube Premium exists for the sole purpose of providing features that used to be free, with some extra things that most people don’t givea hoot about and never use; and, you know… to make themselves richer. It exists so that people buy it for the value it specifically brings them.
So essentially; people buy YouTube premium for the features, while people buy Odysee Premium to support the growth of the platform, help fund the platform, and support free speech. The extra features they get are just a little bonus as thanks. Not only that, but the features Odysee provides are “Early-Access” features, which means that most, if not all of those features will become available for free users eventually. At that point, I’m not sure what Odysee Premium will provide if all the features become free; they’ll have to figure something else out to give it more incentive. But as it currently stands, Odysee Premium is more like a donation than a service; which gives you extra features as thanks.
WldFyre@lemm.ee 1 month ago
You’re reading obnoxious levels of goodwill into the actions of a company that doesn’t deserve it. This is just the video platform equivalent of “critical support to Russia.”
1984@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Profits for big tech is never enough, and they will raise prices and introduce more ads forever. This is because in modern economy, having a quarter where the profits don’t grow is punished severely on the stock market.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Personally, I hope the platform that welcomes Nazis crashes and burns.
x00z@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Freedom goes both ways. I hate nazis, but it’s better to have their bullshit out in the open to be criticized, than have them group up on shady underground places that would only make it worse.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Absolutely fucking not.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
The Nazis already put their ideas out on the open, and we saw what happened.
x00z@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The opposite is “the illusion of safety because of moderated platforms”. One might think a platform that removes fake news would only have real news, but that’s obviously not the case and creates an even worse landscape.
1984@lemmy.today 1 month ago
I agree with you but so few people think so today. They think censorship is the answer because if they don’t see it, they feel better and can forget it exists.
piccolo@ani.social 1 month ago
Freedom of speech also means noone is obligated to listen to bullshit.
TheBat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Fuck no.
systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Reading your comments is Nazis Nazis Nazis. I think you need some help.
TheBat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Alright snowflake
systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Let the hate flow through you.