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Re:Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker by thot_experiment on Saturday December 23, 2023 @08:48AM (#38744202)
advertising poisons the mind and it is unconscionable to believe only the rich should have the privilege of unadulterated thought, do not pay for YouTube premium, do not accept this as fair or just
Re:Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker by EduardoBautista on Saturday December 23, 2023 @08:59AM (#38744262)
So Google and the video creators should, not just provide the content for free, pay hundreds of millions of dollars for the privilege of having you as a viewer?
Re:Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker by namlem on Saturday December 23, 2023 @10:27AM (#38744865)
I sub on patreon to creators I watch a lot, or directly on YouTube for ones who have that enabled. You can become a channel member and pay directly without Premium.

Tbh I would buy Premium if it wasn't bundled with YouTube Music for an inflated price.

Re:Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker by Crash0v3rid3 on Saturday December 23, 2023 @11:23AM (#38745376)
> I sub on patreon to creators watch a lot, or directly on YouTube for ones who have that enabled.

Content creators deserve to be paid, even if you don't watch them often.

Re:Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker by namlem on Sunday December 24, 2023 @11:15AM (#38754426)
They they should get sponsorships. I'm not going to subject myself to YouTube ads, nor will I ever feel any amount of guilt over it.
Re:Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker by calmworm on Saturday December 23, 2023 @09:35AM (#38744478)
You’ve described what YouTube used to be like.
Re:Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker by amadeuspagel on Saturday December 23, 2023 @09:57AM (#38744645)
Yes, losing billions per year, and containing mostly pirated content and cat videos.
Re:Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker by lnxg33k1 on Saturday December 23, 2023 @10:33AM (#38744925)
Poor google I hope they have enough to eat this Christmas:(
Re:Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker by HipOpotamus1489 on Saturday December 23, 2023 @10:53AM (#38745111)
I have to choose between an OnlyFans subscription and a YouTube subscription.
Re:Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker by gruez on Saturday December 23, 2023 @01:06PM (#38746442)
You might not have any interest in google "[having] enough to eat this Christmas", but you do have an interest in some sort of a free video platform existing.
Re:Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker by tetris11 on Saturday December 23, 2023 @09:45AM (#38744568)
Believe it or not, people used to put quality content online for free, for the betterment of all people (not just the paying ones), and still do their day jobs.
Re:Get rid of YouTube advertising without Adblocker by dangus on Saturday December 23, 2023 @12:08PM (#38745795)
This view depends on accepting the idea that advertising of all forms really does poison the mind and is a universal evil.

But that idea in itself is, in my opinion, an extremist one.

The act of informing someone else about something is baked into the social nature of our species. Without it there is no specialization, we are all creatures living alone as nomads focused on subsistence and survival.

All you to do is watch monkeys teach each other how to use tools. That was basically an advertisement, a transfer of knowledge about a “product.”

Then you have to consider ads that save lives and help society like public service ads for seatbelts, anti-littering, child seats, etc.

Also, rich people see ads. They’re just different ads. Go to a yacht show in Monaco and you’ll see ads.