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YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker
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this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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Oh no. God forbid you pay. Gimme free video now. It's mine!
Don't be daft. Youtube gets to steal user data which is more valuable.
Things were better without blood sucking greed of the world.
Have a modicum of restraint and stop using the service then. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Y'all have massive entitlement complexes.
I am certain i am no more entitled than the already-billionaires salivating at the ad infested internet.
You are incorrect.
Source: your ass.
Source: Your own words aKtually
this but unironically
reading through your comment history you keep repeating bullshit about ads
Whatever you say. I'm not sure what you mean bullshit though.
This is what I mean
What about that is bullshit?
oh no, poor google!!!!
So just attacks? Got chu.
I would gladly pay for it. BUT
Classic. I'm not going to buy it because they might change the model later.
This entire thread is entitlement. Stop using it if it's so bad.
It is not 'might'. We know they will do something like that.
Before AI went viral, how much did Giogle search improve, Youtube at all? Not at all really, but they cranked up the adverts. So now i am paying for Kagi search, I also sponsor open source projects so dont tell me that I am entitled. Youtube is the last Google product that cannot be replaced as of right now.
At the end of the day all i want is to be a customer, not a product.
I see we have a soothsayer in the comment section!
I would pay (as I pay for other services) if only I wasn't the product.
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Do you consider your online data to be worthless? Because google doesn't. You pay the moment you click on a video, and even more by making an account and generating watch history.
Why does that data collection not go away if i decide to pay with cash?
Why did they remove the cheaper ad-free only subscription tier?
Why do they still serve various ads when you are a premium subscriber?
The answer to all of this is that they are a greedy corporation, they must do those things. You may call it soothsaying or whatever to those of us wondering "what comes next" after this battle. But it is shown many times by all large corporations that they will keep fighting to make line go up for eternity. Regardless of if that is in your best interest. It is silly to see users defend them despite that.
Or maybe the data is more valuable than $12/mo and it's subsidized by the data.
So you admit that corporations can do whatever they want to make money, but fuck customers who hate being treated like shit. You're a hypocrite.
Not at all. Google has been fantastic to me for 8 or 9 years now. I've had issues but they've mostly resolved my issues every time. There is a reason they are so popular.
Why the fuck would I pay for YouTube when I could just steal it?
Because you're poor and rather fuck around with your time vs having a service that works great for a small fee?
stop polishing google's sword. I hope they are paying you for this.
I'm sorry you don't like reality ๐คทโโ๏ธ
The reality is that it's a bit naive to think that paying for a service is going to stop the company from introducing ads into the paid service too. History shows they WILL do that. This will be a silly comment when subscriptions become cable 2.0
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