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For me, yes. I do generally make sure that content creators that I like get paid, e.g. via Patreon. I still buy all my music, primarily on Bandcamp. I subscribe
by ulrikrasmussen 3y ago
For me, yes. I do generally make sure that content creators that I like get paid, e.g. via Patreon. I still buy all my music, primarily on Bandcamp. I subscribe to streaming services and haven't sailed the seas to find movies for years.
However, YouTube I will never pay for. Google has lost my trust, and I fear that they are in the process of destroying the internet and turning it into a walled garden riddled with unblockable ads everywhere. I use uBlock to block their ads because (1) I don't want to watch them, and (2) I want to actively hurt Google financially by spending their compute resources but not giving them ad impressions. I make sure that the content creators I follow get paid otherwise, so I think this is perfectly morally consistent.
- lucubratory 3y agoFair enough if it's a protest, I assumed you were looking for solutions and got confused.