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Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain by rajup on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @02:42PM (#23480588)
Well it is an argument that has a fair bit of merit. How exactly do you expect YouTube or the creators to pay their bills? Don't feel like watching ads? You can subscribe to YouTube premium if you dislike ads so much.
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Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain by icebraining on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @03:57PM (#23481349)
Paying to remove ads creates an incentive to make ads more annoying, which punishes people who can't afford to pay.

I donate to a few creators. As for YouTube, Google can close it down for all I care, we'll figure it out. We'd probably better off, in fact.

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Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain by kalleboo on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @02:46PM (#23480621)
Yeah I subscribe to YouTube Premium for this reason. I'd also subscribe to "AdWords Premium" or whatever to support general content sites if it was an option.
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Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain by icebraining on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @03:49PM (#23481248)
There's something like that: https://contributor.google.com/v/beta
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Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain by Grimm1 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @03:17PM (#23480926)
I subscribe on their Patreon or make direct donations personally.
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Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain by Deep-Engineer91 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @05:53PM (#23482578)
Exactly it helps creators generate more content
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