Doug Holland@lemmy.worldM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoGoogle is testing a new way to make YouTube worsegizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up178
arrow-up178external-linkGoogle is testing a new way to make YouTube worsegizmodo.comDoug Holland@lemmy.worldM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarecoffinwood@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI’m not a mindless consumer (aka sheeple) for making a decision someone else doesn’t approve of. The alternatives to YouTube Premium are Ads: won’t happen Ad-Block: won’t work (anymore) no YouTube: there are no great free or cheaper alternatives
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months ago“I’m not a mindless consumer! I just said I’ll pay for something I don’t have to, to a corporation that doesn’t need the money, that’s all!”
minus-squarecoffinwood@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoWhere do I get the same content where the creators get paid too? I can currently choose between other paid services or systems that circumvent any gratification for the artists.
minus-squareBigFatNips@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoPatreon, Odyssey, substack. I’m sure there’s more, tbh
minus-squarecoffinwood@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI’ve never used Patreon so maybe I don’t get it right but: Not every Youtube channel has a Patreon, and even then I’d have to pledge every single one that does which would ruin me.
minus-squareDoug Holland@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThe end of YouTube would not be a terrible outcome. Instead of a worldwide monopoly on DIY video, new and perhaps less evil options would have a chance.
I’m not a mindless consumer (aka sheeple) for making a decision someone else doesn’t approve of.
The alternatives to YouTube Premium are
Ads: won’t happen
Ad-Block: won’t work (anymore)
no YouTube: there are no great free or cheaper alternatives
“I’m not a mindless consumer! I just said I’ll pay for something I don’t have to, to a corporation that doesn’t need the money, that’s all!”
Where do I get the same content where the creators get paid too?
I can currently choose between other paid services or systems that circumvent any gratification for the artists.
Patreon, Odyssey, substack. I’m sure there’s more, tbh
I’ve never used Patreon so maybe I don’t get it right but:
Not every Youtube channel has a Patreon, and even then I’d have to pledge every single one that does which would ruin me.
The end of YouTube would not be a terrible outcome. Instead of a worldwide monopoly on DIY video, new and perhaps less evil options would have a chance.