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Because I already support my favorite creators in other ways. Because I'll still see ads when I use other devices. Because videos have extra ads in the form of
by BoppreH 3y ago
Because I already support my favorite creators in other ways. Because I'll still see ads when I use other devices. Because videos have extra ads in the form of sponsor segments.
Because ads are a parasite on society. Because their lying and psychological manipulation should be illegal. Because most of this tracking and privacy invasion mania is the ad industry's fault.
If there's a new product useful for me that I should know about, I'll find out here, in review sites, or when I visit a store, thank you very much.
- Mechanical9 3y agoThis website is also ad-supported.
- monsieurbanana 3y agoThat's a bit like saying that both parties have done bad things so they're equally evil. There's layers to this thing
- BoppreH 3y agoDo you mean the Y Combinator sponsored posts? My understanding is that they are normal, on-topic posts that are just artificially promoted to the front page. I wouldn't even call that an ad any more than Tinder Boosts are ads. When those are the worst ads left on the internet, I'll be a happy man.
- quickthrower2 3y agoIt gives more airspace to free ads for startups in Show HN than it does to it’s own companies to be fair.
- quickthrower2 3y agoBut who pays for the medium? Someone needs to. And YT offers an alternative where you can be the customer not the product.
- BoppreH 3y agoThat's a good question, and I think we haven't explored alternative solutions enough. As for me, I'm happy to pay for Netflix, Nebula, my VPN, and other services. I still pay, but I'm disappointed in Spotify, who is pushing more and more soft ads even on supposed ad-free plans. But a YouTube Premium subscription would be financing this ad machine and the decisions that come with it. Have you watched Shorts? No thanks.
- slikrick 3y agoif nobody pays for YouTube then YouTube will go away.
- smoldesu 3y agoI'm prepared. I own a 10tb hard drive that is half-filled with YouTube videos I've backed up. That's 13,000-odd videos in 360p, all raring to go once YouTube bites the dust. Defending YouTube because we're afraid it will "go away" is the same Stockholm Syndrome that paralyzed people on Twitter for so long. I welcome a change that forces people onto more P2P-oriented services, the status-quo is obnoxious and unsustainable.
- lxgr 3y agoI get the sentiment that Youtube viewers shouldn't have to put up with each of Google's whims, but the comparison seems overly reductive: Would you also be fine with your favorite newspaper going out of business because you have all of their issues of the last 20 years in your basement?
- smoldesu 3y agoFirst I would archive, copy and redistribute the last 20 years of back-issues to the world. Then I'd see how I feel.
- paulryanrogers 3y ago