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YouTube: "Either way, we get paid." (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 16 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Not to be that guy, but it's actually Companies pay the running cost of YouTube (plus a little bit of pocket money for the creators whose videos you watch) so you can watch free of charge, in exchange for this they get to show you a video. I don't like Google either and rob them of their income by using an adblocker. Though if nobody pays and nobody watches ads they might find even worse ways to pay the bills.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Google wants to get paid thrice for YouTube. That's not okay.

    I'll consider allowing ads when they stop harvesting and selling data - until then, that data is my payment.

    They don't get to show ads, sell our data, and charge a subscription. I'm tired of paying twice for shit.

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

    Yeah Google sucks, didn't want to defend them but the business model in general. Companies should not be allowed to sell data. Them collecting your data as part of their ad business is one thing, but selling it shouldn't be allowed imo.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    This. If you want to collect analytics for in house decision making, merchandising, whatever, I say go for. But as soon as you start selling that data or the conclusions thereof, it becomes a currency, and if I'm paying that currency you better not be asking me for another.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    The meme is talking about YouTube Premium who's main selling point is ad-free viewing

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    Well, yeah. Companies pay youtube to show you ads on their platform; this lets youtube stay free for users while still being an unbelievably expensive operation (not debating the ethics just - that's how the funding works). As an alternative, youtube gives you the option of paying them directly to buy the space ads would normally have bid on, and then blank it out. They get a steady monthly revenue stream, even if it's less than they'd be making by selling that ad space, and you get no ads.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    *Companies pay Alphabet a running premium for advertising spots on all of their platforms, and for user data. youtube gives 1/300th of that to creators who make the content that draws traffic.

    then YouTube steals your browsing history, advertising data on PC and app. as well as recently spoken words while using Thier app.

    then they charge 3x what they pay to creators to disable some of the ads on YouTube, while still doing all the rest.

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