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I think the problem for me is that ad free isn't ad free with YouTube. It seems half the videos I come across are littered with sponsored segments. Often mult
by silisili 4y ago
I think the problem for me is that ad free isn't ad free with YouTube. It seems half the videos I come across are littered with sponsored segments. Often multiple in the same video.
Worse, there's whole cadres of reviewers, mainly in tech, who have created a weird feedback loop causing their entire videos to be subtle ads. Reviewer gets popular, reviewer quits job to youtube full time, reviewer needs to get early access to make reviews, reviewer is told what they can and can't say by mfg. Mess up or give negative review, they'll never get another early access from said company. So their entire job has become to basically advertise.
There's a few channels I'll watch that I trust, like Project Farm, VCG, a couple carpentry ones I don't remember the name of. The thing in common is they mostly seem to be older guys and/or people just making videos for fun.
- jerojero 4y agoTheres a handy extension called sponsor block that skips sponsored content (and other non relevant content if you wish) from videos. If you have both adblock and sponsorblock you can pretty much have a completely ad-free experience. But at that point, is it fair to the creators? I guess as long as not enough people are aware then it's not a problem; though obviously not a solution. In reality, the whole "creator economy" that's based on using the creators influence to sell products (which btw are almost always unrelated to what the creator actually does) seems to me like a problematic way of finding art and content.
- account42 4y ago> But at that point, is it fair to the creators? Yes? They choose to put out videos with sponsored segments/ads instead of asking for payment up front because that gets them more money. If it no longer gets them more money they can choose differently.