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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/android@lemdro.id
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

So sad that lots of people would gobble up thst shit, thinking that it's still worthwhile price.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    When we are paying that same amount for Netflix and/or Disney+ and/or whatever other streaming service and all the content is shit, paying for YouTube Premium was pretty good value.

    There is a market of niche video content that is not ever going to be fulfilled by the Mainstream streaming companies, content creators need to be able to fund their content creation and I fucking hate Ads.

    If I can pay a small amount to avoid the Ads, don’t have to participate in the arms race of Ad Blockers and still know that the content creators are getting paid I will be happy to pay.

    Unfortunately, Google has increased that pittance progressively over time and have now increased it dramatically. They have also introduced a payment platform to try and muscle out Patreon. This suggests that the money from my subscription is not getting the the creators.

    I can’t pay a small amount to avoid ads any more. Content creators are not getting paid, and I am being forced to either not get the content any more or start investigating Ad Blockers.

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