I think people have two problems with YouTube. 1 it is Google and therefore monumentally evil. 2 they started the service as free then enshittified it slowly. It’s not like they just added a few ads then left it alone. They have relentlessly added more and more ads to the point it’s disgusting. I think if it was always one way or the other, it would get far less hate. Me personally, I probably need about 30 minutes of YouTube per month. I’m damned sure not paying for that and due to said ads getting worse and worse, I’m using an ad blocker for sure.
I mean, you might be older than me but I doubt it :)
I remember when YouTube was cool, before Google bought it. But at this point that was a relatively short time period. I know they bought it to make money and that’s not even necessarily the worst thing. My main issue with Google regarding YouTube is the slow enshittification of it. I remember when there was either no ad, or a 5-7 second single ad for a whole video. Those days are way gone though.
I think people have two problems with YouTube. 1 it is Google and therefore monumentally evil. 2 they started the service as free then enshittified it slowly. It’s not like they just added a few ads then left it alone. They have relentlessly added more and more ads to the point it’s disgusting. I think if it was always one way or the other, it would get far less hate. Me personally, I probably need about 30 minutes of YouTube per month. I’m damned sure not paying for that and due to said ads getting worse and worse, I’m using an ad blocker for sure.
Monopolist pricing is made up numbers to extract rent from the public.
If there was competition the price might be fair. Instead you pay whatever the Google exec thinks you will tolerate.
Yep true
Dude had paid for YouTube for 12 years he’s never seen a single ad
I agree that YouTube without premium is unusable.
Better option:
adblock+sponsorblock+donate your subscription fee for a good cause instead
They didn’t start the service, they bought it with the long term plan of making it profitable.
I mean, you might be older than me but I doubt it :)
I remember when YouTube was cool, before Google bought it. But at this point that was a relatively short time period. I know they bought it to make money and that’s not even necessarily the worst thing. My main issue with Google regarding YouTube is the slow enshittification of it. I remember when there was either no ad, or a 5-7 second single ad for a whole video. Those days are way gone though.