What does privacy mean under surveillance capitalism?

Re:What does privacy mean under surveillance capitalism? by Mary-Jane on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @02:29PM (#25510114)

Well, yes. Who the hell would spend a few hours a day on a website that constantly redirected them away from content and towards ads they didn't want to see?

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Re:What does privacy mean under surveillance capitalism? by CraigJPerry on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @03:52PM (#25511088)

:-) you joke but i often wonder what the next stage is for places like YouTube and Instagram.

On YouTube we’re up to 2 pre-rolls these days along with an interstitial per 10 minutes, the in-stream advertising by the programme itself, the youtube page furniture ads and the obligatory roll of affiliate links in the description box.

I see none of it because i know how to avoid it but i’ve seen family members change how they use youtube as a result. E.g. opening an episode of a show on their phone, putting the phone down to go do something else then come back and rewind to the start and begin watching. I totally see how they got there but its absurd.

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Re:What does privacy mean under surveillance capitalism? by Mirioron on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @06:01PM (#25512463)

>On YouTube we’re up to 2 pre-rolls these days along with an interstitial per 10 minutes, the in-stream advertising by the programme itself, the youtube page furniture ads and the obligatory roll of affiliate links in the description box.

I think we're finally back to how it used to be on video sites: ads everywhere. This was the norm before YouTube, because video hosting is expensive.

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Re:What does privacy mean under surveillance capitalism? by njarboe on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @11:19PM (#25514347)

For $12 a month you can have no ads on YouTube and YouTube Music.[1] That's what I do. Less than one movie ticket per month (back when that was available).

[1]https://www.youtube.com/premium

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Re:What does privacy mean under surveillance capitalism? by CraigJPerry on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @05:31AM (#25516254)

For years you could buy YouTube red in the US but it wasn’t an option here in the UK.

Today you can buy it but it’s more expensive here $16-$22 despite lower median household incomes than in the US and i think it might be missing some features - Iirc the US version includes YouTube Tv.

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Re:What does privacy mean under surveillance capitalism? by dragonwriter on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @05:39AM (#25516296)

> Iirc the US version includes YouTube Tv.

No, it never has. YouTube TV is $65/mo in the US, YouTube Premium (formerly Youtube Red) is $12/mo.

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