The best part is, no matter how terrible they make Youtube with adblock, they still can't get it as bad as Youtube without adblock.
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2024
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Yet everyone here is so desperate to use it ๐คฃ
It's like watching a sad boy be angry at his ex leaving them. I DIDN'T WANT YOU ANYWAY ๐คฃ
Nobody wants to use YouTube without ad block
Whatever you need to tell yourself ๐คทโโ๏ธ
It's pretty obvious, isn't it? That's why people are trying to use ad block with it, or YouTube alternatives. People definitely still want to use YouTube, I think that's your point? But the relentless number of ads makes it very hard to do, which is their point - they want you to buy premium. If they added any more ads they might as well paywall the whole site.
You think fediverse is representative of the general population? You think the general population is installing an blocking? You realize how much money Google makes right? I've been yelled at for blocking ads because they were braking when people wanted to purchase something.
No, I don't. I do think Google is putting in a shit ton of ads because premium makes more money than ads do, which is represented by creators getting more money from premium users than ad supported users. They want the average person to be overwhelmed by ads and buy premium, which is the same effect as using an ad blocker.
Nobody wants YouTube with ads. That's literally the entire point.
And they wouldn't have done anything to combat ad blockers if they weren't becoming or are popular
They've been incredibly popular for a very long time, they're only just now doing it because it's the next lowest hanging fruit on the money tree
It unfortunately has technical videos I need to watch.
But keep being an ad-loving assclown, someone will be right along to actually love you any day now. Cheers ๐
Looking forward to finally quitting youtube. My quality of life is gonna improve.
Apparently, this time it wasn't on Youtube. Rather some users are still using AB/ABP, and there's a bug in those that affects a lot of content, not just Youtube.
Yeah, you don't make them or creators money. You arent the customer, you are a free loader who costs them money.
Deal with it or God forbid pay.
YouTube's greedy decisions are pulling me away from YouTube and towards the creator-owned Nebula platform. It's fairly inexpensive, I'm supporting creators and not Google, and there are no ads.
Tldr business did a video on their inckne sources, Nebula views get them much more money per view than YT. However YT is still their main income. I really hope Nebula picks up more popularity
I support the creators by buying merchandise and supporting Kickstarter etc. and others support using Patreon.
With those miniscule amounts Google pays to their creators (except the top 0.01%) I estimate that what I have brought is equal to 100-1000x of what they would have gotten from ads. And I'm no saint at supporting, there's people giving 100x more than me.
I don't give a fuck about Google's bottom line
And they don't give a fuck about you bitching and lost times.
See how that works? None of your pay, don't be surprised the service sucks for you.