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Youtube is one of the most valuable educational resources online. Often you can find links to other resources from helpful videos on youtube. A big part of this

Youtube is one of the most valuable educational resources online. Often you can find links to other resources from helpful videos on youtube. A big part of this is because youtube has decades now of content on a huge variety of topics and unless someone is able to copy that archive of content I dont see myself switching to any other comparable service like nebula. The whole premise that allowed youtube to be an invaluable archive of tutorials and sources in the first place is that it is free to use and free to host on. I also dont ever see myself paying for youtube or willingly not using an ad-blocker. If there is a creator I feel is particularly valuable to me I will consider signing up for their patreon but I dont feel its any of googles business who I choose to monetarily support. The whole premise that allowed youtube to be an invaluable archive of tutorials and sources is that it is free to use.

ryanjshaw 3y ago
No, the premise is you get to watch the content if you watch the ads or pay for premium. How do you expect them to pay for their expenses?
- MeImCounting 3y ago
  It doesnt really matter to me how they pay for their expenses. It doesnt change the fact that youtube loses its value as an education/entertainment platform to me if they attempt to enforce their adblock-free policy. My choice to support individual creators is none of their business. If its an unsustainable business model for them its odd that its been around for a decade but its really not my concern. If they are going to shut down because Alphabet just cant afford to host it anymore then I would probably try to scrape as much valuable content as possible but for now Ill continue to block ads and support who I want to outside of googles ecosystem.
  - efitz 3y ago
    But it IS their business because believe it or not it costs a lot of money to operate a video on demand service, and creators don’t pay YouTube.
- pixxel 3y ago
  They could offer a p2p layer. The world’s video library shared between humanity. I’d happily seed educational videos.
- Ateoto 3y ago
  With the billions[1] they already make on ad revenue I guess? I don't care. For me it's either ad blockers or I don't use the service. YouTube is only still viable because the barriers to start a competing service are so high. Just like every other Alphabet-owned service, their single-minded focus on serving the bare minimum content merely as a vehicle for ads has just decimated the quality of their products. [1] https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/youtube-q3-2023-alphabet-earnings-1235766877/ https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/youtube-q3-2023-alphab...

ryanjshaw 3y ago

No, the premise is you get to watch the content if you watch the ads or pay for premium. How do you expect them to pay for their expenses?

MeImCounting 3y ago
It doesnt really matter to me how they pay for their expenses. It doesnt change the fact that youtube loses its value as an education/entertainment platform to me if they attempt to enforce their adblock-free policy. My choice to support individual creators is none of their business. If its an unsustainable business model for them its odd that its been around for a decade but its really not my concern. If they are going to shut down because Alphabet just cant afford to host it anymore then I would probably try to scrape as much valuable content as possible but for now Ill continue to block ads and support who I want to outside of googles ecosystem.
- efitz 3y ago
  But it IS their business because believe it or not it costs a lot of money to operate a video on demand service, and creators don’t pay YouTube.
pixxel 3y ago
They could offer a p2p layer. The world’s video library shared between humanity. I’d happily seed educational videos.
Ateoto 3y ago
With the billions[1] they already make on ad revenue I guess? I don't care. For me it's either ad blockers or I don't use the service. YouTube is only still viable because the barriers to start a competing service are so high. Just like every other Alphabet-owned service, their single-minded focus on serving the bare minimum content merely as a vehicle for ads has just decimated the quality of their products. [1] https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/youtube-q3-2023-alphabet-earnings-1235766877/ https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/youtube-q3-2023-alphab...