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No, literally youtube had ads which just said things like, "does your kid hate it when youtube has commercials? Does it annoy you when they scream because of th
by lambda_obrien 6y ago
No, literally youtube had ads which just said things like, "does your kid hate it when youtube has commercials? Does it annoy you when they scream because of that? Pay us to remove them!"
It works be one thing to advertise a service or product, but they just put ads in to literally annoy you into paying. I'm not kidding.
I WAS a YouTube premium member until recently, but dropped it because of crap like this.
I know there's no free lunch, my comment was about the way youtube does business: it's a dick move to annoy users into paying you. How is that worth a tnstaafl reply?
I wonder if the world has passed me by when I think that I'm taking a stand against corporate greed and bullshit and everyone else happily goes along with whatever.
- tubularhells 6y agoWhy don't you use an adblocker?
- lambda_obrien 6y agoFrankly, I hate dealing with tech outside of work and I would have to pihole my TV.
- cyrrus 5y agoI don’t think pihole blocks YouTube ads because they originate from their own server
- lambda_obrien 5y agoThere ya go, hehe, I wouldn't want to deal with it.
- kleer001 6y ago> I WAS a YouTube premium member until recently, but dropped it because of crap like this. That doesn't follow. How would you see ads if you're a YTP member? You standing up for a freeloader? Their annoyance is your annoyance? > it's a dick move to annoy users into paying you What else should they be doing? You an advertising genius? Maybe cut off free youtube entirely? Only a free hour a day? Show me someone else that's in the same situation, by order of magnitude, and doing a better job by your standards. Come back to reality, mate. Server bills (repair, licensing, etc) and rent and people running the servers and dear god so much else needs to be paid. YT is providing a service, a service that ain't free.
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