YouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated | Blocking ad-block users::undefined

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I agree. YouTube can be very useful, but we really ought to be moving to other platforms at this point. Fuck YouTube.

      • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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        I’ve been using YouTube far more than any of my paid services for years. However I’m ready for a switch. If the YouTubers who I follow switched platforms I’d go with them in a second.

          • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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            Patrion and buying merchandise are the ways I support content creators. I’d rather make sure money goes directly to them and not to some corporation that will seize funds or cut off ad revenue at a whim with no real recourse.

            I understand the economics behind hosting videos, I also don’t use Adblock. YouTube has taken ads and unwanted content to a new level in the last year and they are driving away viewers. I refuse to support them with a subscription.

            If an ethical alternative pops up that has the creators I want I’d be happy to support it.

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              While buying merch, doing patreon, and other forms are commendable - we watch them on YouTube. Id get protesting the platform if they were making money hand over fist but we already know they don’t make a profit on the platform. Ads and premium are just methods to staunch the bleeding. I understand the ads are intrusive and are getting worse but they’ve only amped them up to compensate for users who aren’t served ads due to adblockers.

              I don’t find it unethical to pay YouTube. They pay creators a fair percentage and overall are taking a loss. It’s not greed, it’s trying to stay afloat. Whether or not I support their policy changes, I’d like creators to survive off their work.

        • RealFknNito@lemmy.world
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          And both cost money, neither can exist if everyone circumvents the methods to make money.

          • Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world
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            YouTube defended their monopoly by running for free. They murdered the growth of legitimate competitions like Vimeo that had healthier business models… Because they didn’t try to run for free.

            And now that they’ve saturated the market and killed off all of the serious competition it’s time to profit

            Well, frankly, go fuck yourself.

            So long YouTube, and thanks for all the fish. 🐬

            • RealFknNito@lemmy.world
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              Do you know why there are no good competitors to YouTube? It’s fucking expensive.

              They have a monopoly but for what? They don’t turn a profit. The losses they take on the platform are public knowledge because shockingly, hosting hundreds of TB of data being uploaded per minute isn’t cheap.

              The only sites that even spit in their general direction is like, Pornhub and oh boy don’t try to tell me that ‘ad experience’ is better Lol. Youtube has shit policies and even worse moderator decisions but it is widely a fucking charity and I think they have some right to turn it into a business instead.

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                1 year ago

                That article is outdated. YouTube started to become profitable, but it took more than a decade to get there, so your point still stands.

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                  1 year ago

                  I look forward to the updated source you have on hand. They weren’t profitable in 2009, weren’t profitable in 2015, and the only things to change since then were Premium subscriptions and more ads. What could they have done to turn a profit?

              • Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world
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                You literally just proved my point.

                It wasn’t profitable. And it was free. It killed competition by losing money.

                And now, by your concession, they are turning it into a business.

                That’s a fundamental change in the service. Fuck that. Either it was always their intent, in which case they were lying scum the whole time. Or it wasn’t their intent and they’ve just decided spontaneously to prioritize profit, in which case it’s greed and betrayal.

                Either way, fuck 'em.

                • RealFknNito@lemmy.world
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                  … Yes. The strategy of expanding at a loss in order to recoup it later is a… business strategy. What? It’s not even an underhanded one because it carries substantial risk. They ate losses and are now trying to collect on what users like you and I have been enjoying on their dime. Adblockers was to staunch the bleeding and clearly it’s not working well enough so they’re trying new ways.

                  You’re confusing greed with typical business practices. The grocery store isn’t greedy, they’re trying to keep the lights on and pay employees. This isn’t “Walmart selling items at a loss until local businesses shut down and ramping them back up afterwards” - the data storage needed for this shit is beyond what most companies can do. Amazon with their AWS infrastructure is the only thing that has a shot in hell. The only reason Youtube can do it is by the sheer fact rich ass Google owns them.

                  Businesses typically collect this thing called money to keep supplying the service you enjoy. Adblockers remove the very essential part of this exchange in which you pay for the thing you’re using. You’ve been stealing groceries and are mad you’re now being told to pay for them.

                  My confusion is profound.

    • A2PKXG@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      The reason while they have all the content, is precisely because they can generate revenue for channels. I much prefer payment through subcription and ad views to annoying in video sponsors and product placements

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        1 year ago

        But on YouTube you get both. If I could pay and not get in video sponsorship along with no ads, then I might consider it. But I will not pay to be advertised at.

        • RealFknNito@lemmy.world
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          Sponsorblock is an extention which can help. It doesn’t detract from the money the creator makes and you don’t see ads for shit you dont want or can’t afford. If you don’t have premium and block ads though, you’re definitely hurting the creator and platform as a whole.

        • kibiz0r@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Most creators that have in-video sponsors also have Patreons with sponsor-free feeds.