Re:YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, not the b...
by mvdtnz on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @06:10PM
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> It’s not a great product
So presumably none of this affects you because you don't use it?
Re:YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, not the b...
by kergonath on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @06:16AM
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There are plenty of products and services that I use despite them being not great or even consumer hostile in some cases. We don’t live in a fantasy world where we always do nice things.
What this means, however, is that I do what I can to de-enshitify what can be (and the less ethical the company, the fewer qualms I have about doing this, meaning I have zero issues with blocking Google and Meta trackers and analytics, and I have no respect for companies who don’t respect me and try to shove ads down my throat), and I jump ship the second there is an alternative.
It’s not a great product. The player is absolutely terrible and goes out of its way to remove features that the OS player provides. The company is just another rent-seeking monopolist. It’s a product that I have to use, because it’s basically the only game in town after their bait and switch, having driven all competition to the ground when YouTube was free. I am glad to pay for Nebula and a couple of Patreons, but I cannot support Google willingly in this case.
They are not trying to win me over. They are trying to bully me into accepting the new deal they are forcing on us. I won’t comply.
> There's a ton of value YouTube Premium, both on the creator and consumer sides.
I’d be happy to if they were not trying to force their rubbish YouTube music thing as well. Again, they are not acting in good faith. Again, I do support Nebula, I am not against the concept of paying for videos itself.