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YouTube is experimenting with server-side ads (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/enshittification@lemmy.world
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[–] 92 points 2 years ago (16 children)

All this enshittification might be good for me. I think i might start reading more books instead of watching youtube. Fuck you google, I'll never buy yt premium nor watch you ads.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah that's what I did when reddit shit the bed. I'm spending the free time with books and getting back into gaming. It's an improvement really.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    They'll put ads in books too.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    You do know physical books exist, dont you? :) I did not say ebook.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    They have physical books that supplement the printing costs with ads.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Libraries still exist for now. Take advantage of them and maybe they won't all get shut down.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Those aren't super intrusive. It's not a loud ad that has to load, yell at you and slows down getting to the content I question, and printed ads in books don't disrupt a music listening session by playing shitty ad music between songs as you're getting a specific mood on. Print ads don't bug me the way web and video ads do

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Many physical books have ads in the beginning and end. I would dare to say all. At the very least, a small "banner" ad for the publisher on one page.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Do you have to watch it for 30 seconds before you're allowed to turn the page? Does it pop up every 5 pages and can't be skipped?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Lol sorry, are advertisements that aren't intrusive not considered advertisements to you??? Maybe that mindset is why the internet is unusable without an ad blocker..

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Genuinely asking, why won’t you ever buy yt premium?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Not OP, but I would definitely pay for premium if they offered a lower cost version that was only ad-free YouTube. But I won't pay when they justify the higher cost with forced bundling of other services I am not interested in and have no use for, e.g., YouTube Music.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    $13.99/mo is pretty steep, and realistically I'd have to get it for my wife too which effectively doubles the price and would make it the most expensive streaming service I've ever subscribed to (behind SeriusXM which at least has to finance literal satellites in space and delivers me radio when I'm in dead zones with no cell towers). More than my budget right now will allow for sure (I just cancelled every subscription after rechecking my budget)

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