I am not saying you should <i>have</i> to give Google your money, but do you think the people who make content on Youtube deserve to get paid for it? Even if they make money on Patreon or Floatplane, Youtube is not a cheap service to run and <i>you</i> are still using it.<p>Pay for the stuff you use or don't use it. But you don't get to complain about companies treating you like the product.<p>A Youtube family plan is a fairly cheap way to access a lot of content. You also get access to Youtube Music which is... fine. That's less than $5 per user per month. If you are already there a few hours a week, it's a steal.<p>What's funny is that creators and Youtube get much more than 2x the amount of earnings from $5 than from all the ads you were being served. If more people paid, creators would probably resort to fewer of the much, much worse VPN or game ads that get hard-baked right into the vids.
I am so confused by these Google anti-ad articles.<p>I run Firefox + ublock origin + decenteraleyes + sponserblock + privacy-badger. I never see ads anywhere.<p>Since these Google article started coming out, I fear youtube is going to stop working... And yet, through the last few months, I haven't noticed any changes. All videos play instantly and with no ads.
Ad blocking is personal infosec. We've seen malware get delivered by ads, and people getting tracked by ads. This is a losing battle for YouTube.<p>I suggest that YouTube should work on proving to the users that advertisers are trustworthy. You know, that unlike LiveIntent, an advertiser will allow and acknowledge a complaint, has a contact address, is not arrogant as hell.
Chilled on YouTube for like 40 mins the other day. My ad blocker zapped nearly 1,400 ads. Yeah, no thanks, that ad blocker's stayin' on for sure.
To the people saying it's your fault just pay for it. You do know they'll end up putting ads in to the paid versions too right? Why wouldn't they? It's free money for them.