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> Personally, this sort of arms race is only going to cause me to not use YouTube This is by design. They’ll either get you to pay or leave. I personally pay
by runjake 3y ago
> Personally, this sort of arms race is only going to cause me to not use YouTube
This is by design. They’ll either get you to pay or leave.
I personally pay for YouTube because I get a lot of value out of it.
But I feel you. I abandoned both Reddit and Twitter pretty abruptly after their shenanigans. I was a heavy user of both until that point.
- thejackgoode 3y agoI'd pay Youtube if they would stop tracking me in return, but I simply cannot believe it will happen at any point
- extraduder_ire 3y agoIf anything, it's more data to track if you're paying. Plus, you can't use it in a private browsing window, since it's tied to your account.
- Tabular-Iceberg 3y agoThat and make the like/dislike ratio visible again. They really have no reason to make you sit through a scam video long enough to be served an ad when you’re paying.
- seanthemon 3y agoThere are extensions to bring back dislike button, makes a world of a difference
- badpun 3y agoIf they stopped tracking you, they wouldn't be able to show you targeted ads, which would make the ad revenue go way down. In other words, it's not gonna happen.
- Viliam1234 3y agoAs they say, if you ain't paying, you are the product. And if you are paying, you are a premium product.