> I hate ads, but I’m not paying for YouTube Premium either. That’s how it goes. I get ads.
No that's not how it goes. You get Ublock Origin and then you don't get ads. Simple as that.
If you don't like ads and don't fight against them it means you accept ads and want to see more of them shoved down our collective throat. At least from the perspective of marketers and industries who rely on ads. That's how we ended up in this predicament in the first place. Lazy compliance.
If Youtube isn't sustainable without ads, it should die so that natural selection can take over and so that a better ecosystem can finally take its place. Every single "Youtuber" hates the platform, mostly because it has zero transparency being a Google product. The viewers hate it too because it constantly takes down their favorite videos and creators and because it's full of ads.
The only reason it's (still) the main site for hosting videos is quite literally just ad-fueled inertia due to the intrinsic cost of hosting videos. If ads didn't exist the only sustainable solution would be something less centralized like Peertube. And to me that's a desirable outcome.
No that's not how it goes. You get Ublock Origin and then you don't get ads. Simple as that.
If you don't like ads and don't fight against them it means you accept ads and want to see more of them shoved down our collective throat. At least from the perspective of marketers and industries who rely on ads. That's how we ended up in this predicament in the first place. Lazy compliance.
If Youtube isn't sustainable without ads, it should die so that natural selection can take over and so that a better ecosystem can finally take its place. Every single "Youtuber" hates the platform, mostly because it has zero transparency being a Google product. The viewers hate it too because it constantly takes down their favorite videos and creators and because it's full of ads.
The only reason it's (still) the main site for hosting videos is quite literally just ad-fueled inertia due to the intrinsic cost of hosting videos. If ads didn't exist the only sustainable solution would be something less centralized like Peertube. And to me that's a desirable outcome.