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I think you're just not the audience. Most Millennials and early Gen Z/Zoomers grew up with YouTube and have long-term connections with tons of creators, commun

by judge2020 3y ago

I think you're just not the audience. Most Millennials and early Gen Z/Zoomers grew up with YouTube and have long-term connections with tons of creators, communities, and groups of channels to watch it for hours a day if not >20 hours a week. For these users, paying for the privilege to access that content in an a-la-carte way without distractions is immensely valuable. Anecdotally, most of my friend groups pay for it in one way or another (e.g. splitting the cost of the subscription by using Google Families, or using the discounted student plan).

jszymborski 3y ago
Ok, but one is far more likely to support a creator's patreon or personal website for exclusive content than pay for a heap of content that you are not enthusiastic about at best and is genuinely vile at worst.
- SllX 3y ago
  No, I’m far more likely to just pay for the heap of content and watch/listen to the stuff I like than to pay for the Patreon of every single channel I watch and/or subscribe to. I’m at a point now where if I even slightly like a channel I’ll throw it in the subscription heap as a signal to YouTube to show me more of it. Conversely, there are two Patreons I support, one is on YouTube and the other is a webcomic.
- Ruthalas 3y ago
  In contrast with the sibling post, I do exactly this- support a wide variety of YouTube creators on Patreon. I then use adblock and sponsorblock on YouTube. It seems like a good balance to me.
  - jszymborski 3y ago
    Sponsorblock is truly a godsend. I hear the word VPN 100x less a day than I used to.
glogla 3y ago
I am a Millennial and I do feel connection to some creators. I am sad that I won't be able to watch the content anymore if Youtube blocks me. I will miss them and I will miss other cool content, like recorded conference talks and tutorial and stuff. I did try Youtube without adblocker and it was unusable, and Google is horrible evil company that I am for sure not giving any money. I'll miss it, but at the same time, Youtube is horrible time thief. It is bittersweet but it will make my life better to be without it. If I spent the time I have over the years wasted on Youtube instead reading books, hiking or working out, I'd be a much better person today.

jszymborski 3y ago

Ok, but one is far more likely to support a creator's patreon or personal website for exclusive content than pay for a heap of content that you are not enthusiastic about at best and is genuinely vile at worst.

SllX 3y ago
No, I’m far more likely to just pay for the heap of content and watch/listen to the stuff I like than to pay for the Patreon of every single channel I watch and/or subscribe to. I’m at a point now where if I even slightly like a channel I’ll throw it in the subscription heap as a signal to YouTube to show me more of it. Conversely, there are two Patreons I support, one is on YouTube and the other is a webcomic.
Ruthalas 3y ago
In contrast with the sibling post, I do exactly this- support a wide variety of YouTube creators on Patreon. I then use adblock and sponsorblock on YouTube. It seems like a good balance to me.
- jszymborski 3y ago
  Sponsorblock is truly a godsend. I hear the word VPN 100x less a day than I used to.

glogla 3y ago

I am a Millennial and I do feel connection to some creators. I am sad that I won't be able to watch the content anymore if Youtube blocks me. I will miss them and I will miss other cool content, like recorded conference talks and tutorial and stuff. I did try Youtube without adblocker and it was unusable, and Google is horrible evil company that I am for sure not giving any money. I'll miss it, but at the same time, Youtube is horrible time thief. It is bittersweet but it will make my life better to be without it. If I spent the time I have over the years wasted on Youtube instead reading books, hiking or working out, I'd be a much better person today.