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>Maybe they should focus on improving their frontend They have. Do you know how many ads they can stuff into people's faces now? Youtube is unbearable without
by dsalfdslfdsa 2y ago
>Maybe they should focus on improving their frontend
They have. Do you know how many ads they can stuff into people's faces now?
Youtube is unbearable without ablock. If there are people who are able to watch it like that, then it shows just how long you can boil the proverbial frog.
- verdverm 2y agoPaying for YT premium is even better. No ads and you support the content creators
- nraynaud 2y agoyou still get the baked-in ads, and I get weird ads when watching video embedded in other websites.
- kelnos 2y agoSponsorBlock generally works well for auto-skipping the baked-in ads, but of course only works on the website, not in the YT app.
- throwaway48476 2y agoRevanced has a patch that makes sponsor block work on the android app.
- skyyler 2y agoIf you get baked-in ads, it's because of the editor of the video you're watching, not YouTube.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago[flagged]
- shepherdjerred 2y agoI used YT premium until I realized I was still getting ads from the videos themselves.
- Filligree 2y agoInstall sponsorblock, that’ll take care of that.
- Modified3019 2y agoLikewise, Dearrow is also a must have to kill the horrible clickbait YouTube incentivizes. https://sponsor.ajay.app/ https://sponsor.ajay.app/ https://dearrow.ajay.app/ https://dearrow.ajay.app/
- shepherdjerred 2y agoThank you _so_ much for that recommendation. I've been so frustrated that even authors I like have started to create clickbait.
- ipaddr 2y agoAre you worried if everyone blocks revenue generating activities they will stop making the content you like?
- tcfhgj 2y agoI am not
- ipaddr 2y agoWhy would you want content other people pick?
- brokenmachine 2y ago
- Euphorbium 2y agoYou also support a shitty advertising business model.
- nhggfu 2y agoand horrible censorship
- Marsymars 2y agoYT premium unfortunately scales very poorly for low usage. I probably average about one youtube video watched per month, so while I'm not opposed to paying something, I am opposed to watching any ads, and I'm not going to pay $13/video.
- verdverm 2y agoWith the family plan, the cost calculation is very different Blocking ads can be viewed as theft from the creators and many creators do see it this way
- Marsymars 2y agoMy wife doesn't use youtube to any significant degree either, so the cost calculation doesn't notably change with the family plan. Obviously if your usage is significantly different the cost calculation is different, which was my point from the start.
- byyll 2y ago> Blocking ads can be viewed as theft from the creators and many creators do see it this way And nobody should care.
- verdverm 2y agoUnless it is AI doing the stealing, many people care about their content being consumed by machines but are happy to block ads at the same time
- ipaddr 2y agoIf no one is supporting them they won't exist.
- branon 2y agoThis is a false equivocation, blocking ads doesn't mean nobody will be supporting them. Anyway watching ads enriches Google far more than the creators. You can block all ads indiscriminately and send money directly to the creators you care about.
- lolinder 2y agoAnd Nebula.tv is best of all. No ads, you support the content creators, and you don't feed YouTube's near-monopoly on video distribution.
- verdverm 2y agoThis sounds like YT premium, but just a different platform that has no ad supported option. These platforms are dependent on the network effect and the creators and viewers are only going to use a limited number of platforms (2-4)
- hiatus 2y agoNebula was started by a bunch of very popular YT creators looking to bring their audience with them.
- dsalfdslfdsa 2y agoI hear this a lot, and would love to see some figures. If I'm a heavy YT Premium user, is it possible for my views to be worth less than ad-generated views?
- WheatMillington 2y agoYoutube premium is insanely good value for money if you're at all a regular Youtube user. And content creators get paid significantly more for Premium views than ad supported views.
- dsalfdslfdsa 2y ago>And content creators get paid significantly more for Premium views than ad supported views. I'm curious how that works. After all, there's still only $14 per Premium user per month to go around.