• slimarev92@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Ads are bad (I agree).

    Paying for things is bad.

    Then what’s left? YouTube should somehow be ad free and free of cost for the user forever and ever? Who’s gonna pay for the enormous costs of operating the service?

    People are going to start yelling at me about capitalism and enshitiffication. Both of which are cause problems, but what do you propose here? Magic?

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      5 months ago

      I’m not opposed to paying for online services in general, I’m just not going to pay them to make the site worse with every update. (Plus I kinda categorically refuse to give Google money at this point.)

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      5 months ago

      I’ll still call someone a clown for paying even if I’m able to acknowledge that someone has to hold the bag. Just ain’t gonna me or hopefully anyone I care about.

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      5 months ago

      I propose YouTube make a MUCH better premium product and price it correctly. Paying for things is fine. Paying for things to get crappier? Na

      • slimarev92@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        How is YouTube getting crappier for me as a paying customer? I feel like it hasn’t really changed in years.

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          5 months ago

          Glad you enjoy it. Keep doing your thing. But are you seriously def to the rising chorus of complaints about YouTube? This thread contains many examples of youtube’s enshitification over the few couple years. Your question feels disingenuous at best to me

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            5 months ago

            Name one complaint, other than blocking people with ad blockers. How has the actual product changed?