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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Whelp, here we go again

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I get that video hosting is expensive, but I’m not sitting through the number of ads that YT wants me to.

There will be other workarounds. If those fail, then I’ll just stop watching. The platform has gotten worse over the years anyway.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Lol. Guess it's time to add the rest of my subbed channels to YT-DL and ditch their shitty ad-filled site entirely.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I canceled my YT premium this year because they raised the price of my grandfathered family plan. I mainly used it for music, but the audio quality really sucks. I switched to a CD quality music service and love it. YT just costs too much for what I get. If they increased the music quality or had a cheaper plan without the music then I'd consider it.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

People should develop a federated video hosting service. It will be expensive but I know the community can do it.

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

The markets demand more profitability dude

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

But that's like.. anti-consumer dude. These guys are nihilists.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I think this is because YouTube pushed so much its shorts (tiktok knockoff) but they're not as profitable. My guesstimate is that at least 70% of traffic is in shorts now so longer content is rarely played along with longer ads

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

In cases when viewers feel they have been falsely flagged as using an ad blocker, they can share this feedback by clicking on the link in the prompt.

Hands up if you've been through Facebook's ban appeal process and know that this, too, will consist of an automated decision to deny your appeal months after the ban would have ended anyway.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I don’t want all the other crap that YT is offering with premium. $12/month is too much.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Not as good as not giving Google money but if you use a VPN and set your country to India or Argentina you can get premium for roughly $2/month

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