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You don’t want to pay, you don’t want ads, you don’t want sponsors. What does that leave? - State-sponsored media - Boredom

AnthonyMouse 5y ago
It's not about having none of them. It's about, pick one. If I'm paying you it's so that I don't have to see ads, so there better not be any ads. But also, there was actually quite a lot of quality content on the internet before there was any monetization at all. People like to hear themselves talk and some subset of them are worth listening to.
- brokenmachine 5y ago
  100%, Corporations have done a really good job of brainwashing consumers into thinking that everything must make large amounts of money for shareholders to be worthwhile. It's never been easier for an independent writer/vlogger to get their content out there without having to get it past a focus group committee. There will always be good free content.
matheusmoreira 5y ago
Exactly, I don't want to pay for their crappy abusive service. Imagine paying so you can watch "ad free" content with sponsors and product placement, and be surveilled by Google on top of it too. Yeah, that's a level of indignity I won't tolerate. I encourage everyone here to do the same: don't support these companies and their abuse. Remember, Firefox with uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock all cost $0. > What does that leave? It leaves the people who create because they have something to say rather than a desire to make money. The internet used to have a lot more of those before these advertisers came and corrupted everything. I don't understand why people assume nothing will be created if there's no money in it despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, including free software. I suppose it's due to copyright monopolist propaganda.
BeFlatXIII 5y ago
Don't forget - Books - The local library - Piracy

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You don’t want to pay, you don’t want ads, you don’t want sponsors. What does that leave? - State-sponsored media - Boredom

by adeelk93 5y ago

AnthonyMouse 5y ago
It's not about having none of them. It's about, pick one. If I'm paying you it's so that I don't have to see ads, so there better not be any ads. But also, there was actually quite a lot of quality content on the internet before there was any monetization at all. People like to hear themselves talk and some subset of them are worth listening to.
- brokenmachine 5y ago
  100%, Corporations have done a really good job of brainwashing consumers into thinking that everything must make large amounts of money for shareholders to be worthwhile. It's never been easier for an independent writer/vlogger to get their content out there without having to get it past a focus group committee. There will always be good free content.
matheusmoreira 5y ago
Exactly, I don't want to pay for their crappy abusive service. Imagine paying so you can watch "ad free" content with sponsors and product placement, and be surveilled by Google on top of it too. Yeah, that's a level of indignity I won't tolerate. I encourage everyone here to do the same: don't support these companies and their abuse. Remember, Firefox with uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock all cost $0. > What does that leave? It leaves the people who create because they have something to say rather than a desire to make money. The internet used to have a lot more of those before these advertisers came and corrupted everything. I don't understand why people assume nothing will be created if there's no money in it despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, including free software. I suppose it's due to copyright monopolist propaganda.
BeFlatXIII 5y ago
Don't forget - Books - The local library - Piracy