Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus...
by kelnos on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @09:44PM
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> If ads could be relevant, vetted, non-intrusive, and ancillary to the experience, all actions that are required to be performed by the ad platform Youtube/Google, then you wouldn't have much moral leg to stand on.
Even if ads were all of those things, ads are psychological manipulation, and I there is no moral imperative that says I have to subject myself to that.
Sure, you could say, "well then instead just don't use YouTube", and I would say... "yeah, maybe, but... I'm a selfish human and want to, and unless YouTube is going to give me a way to exchange something else for a better experience, tough shit on them."
But anyway, they do give me that option, and I pay for Premium, so it's not a problem.
Even if ads were all of those things, ads are psychological manipulation, and I there is no moral imperative that says I have to subject myself to that.
Sure, you could say, "well then instead just don't use YouTube", and I would say... "yeah, maybe, but... I'm a selfish human and want to, and unless YouTube is going to give me a way to exchange something else for a better experience, tough shit on them."
But anyway, they do give me that option, and I pay for Premium, so it's not a problem.