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You came across antagonistic, but fair enough, thanks for the apology. Let me put it this way. I understand that you can block YouTube ads and have the techic
by jdoss 3y ago
You came across antagonistic, but fair enough, thanks for the apology.
Let me put it this way. I understand that you can block YouTube ads and have the techicnal means to block them at the DNS level. I also understand I can run different frontends for YouTube, but it is flat out easier and faster for me personally to not do that and to pay $22.99 a month for my entire family to enjoy ad free content. Time is money.
Also, I play a decent amount of video games and I send money monthly to content creators on said games I play. If something brings value to my life or makes things easier, I will pay for it. Just because I pay for something you do not like doesn't mean I don't support content creators via other means.
- imiric 3y agoThat's fine. We obviously have different opinions and priorities. I'm not saying that my approach is objectively better, or that it works for everyone. I just found your observation that YouTube Premium is a good thing peculiar, especially coming from someone who's experienced YT pre-Google. To me it only solves part of the problem that Google introduced themselves, while still making you a participant in the other less obvious problems with the business.