▲ 210 ▼ Youtube ads finally got me (lemmy.myserv.one) submitted 2 years ago* by ThiefUserPermissions@lemmy.myserv.one to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 103 comments fedilink hide all child comments Looks like its over for me and youtube. Being told I cant watch because of an ad blocker. Where is everyone moving to and using instead of youtube? I will just move to the same place.
[–] algorithmae@lemmy.one 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) How so? Servers aren't free. Either you pay in cash or you pay in ads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ThiefUserPermissions@lemmy.myserv.one [S] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) I run a lemmy server and nobody pays anything to use it. It a public service by me for anyone. Just because some company hasnt figured out how to do it doesnt mean something cannot exist for the good of the public run by members of the public. Im not interested in conforming to imposed problems personally. Im interested in building resilient systems. That was why we invented technology as humans to begin with. Otherwise whats the point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] patient_tech@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago Video bandwidth is expensive. Plus YouTube pays the creators too for producing the content. I subscribe to YouTube, and haven’t had a real TV subscription in years. Totally still saving money. In terms of hours per dollar per month, it’s gotta be pennies for me. Plus YouTube music and downloading to my phone to save data is kinda nice too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] algorithmae@lemmy.one 12 points 2 years ago Are you really trying to compare a text/link service with ~10k users to a HD video service with millions of users? permalink fedilink source parent [–] shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago Hopefully most of us understand that. I think for a lot of us it’s privacy/ethical issues with Google permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThiefUserPermissions@lemmy.myserv.one [S] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) I run a lemmy server and nobody pays anything to use it. It a public service by me for anyone. Just because some company hasnt figured out how to do it doesnt mean something cannot exist for the good of the public run by members of the public. Im not interested in conforming to imposed problems personally. Im interested in building resilient systems. That was why we invented technology as humans to begin with. Otherwise whats the point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] patient_tech@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago Video bandwidth is expensive. Plus YouTube pays the creators too for producing the content. I subscribe to YouTube, and haven’t had a real TV subscription in years. Totally still saving money. In terms of hours per dollar per month, it’s gotta be pennies for me. Plus YouTube music and downloading to my phone to save data is kinda nice too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] algorithmae@lemmy.one 12 points 2 years ago Are you really trying to compare a text/link service with ~10k users to a HD video service with millions of users? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] patient_tech@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago Video bandwidth is expensive. Plus YouTube pays the creators too for producing the content. I subscribe to YouTube, and haven’t had a real TV subscription in years. Totally still saving money. In terms of hours per dollar per month, it’s gotta be pennies for me. Plus YouTube music and downloading to my phone to save data is kinda nice too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] algorithmae@lemmy.one 12 points 2 years ago Are you really trying to compare a text/link service with ~10k users to a HD video service with millions of users? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago Hopefully most of us understand that. I think for a lot of us it’s privacy/ethical issues with Google permalink fedilink source parent