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Google isn't some startup and no of people on ad blockers is minute

4ggr0 3y ago
Yeah. And? They want to milk the last drops of $$$ out of their customers, as usual. If they want to block ad-blockers on their service then so be it. i don't like the venture capital culture, enshittification pisses me off, the constant race for more revenue, growth and profits while cutting jobs and wages annoys me as well. but for me there's no moral argument against them blocking ad-blockers without criticizing the whole system around it. do i think that services should be federated, open-source and non-profit oriented? Yes, of course. but YouTube is not that, at all, so being angry about them blocking this is just so unnecessary to me. it seems to me that people are just veeeery pissed of that they either have to pay for it or stop using it. they don't know where to aim their anger at so they're just angry at Google.
EduardoBautista 3y ago
You are right. A startup would, instead, never show an ad, allow themselves to run out of money, upload a photo of themselves crying on LinkedIn about letting go all of their staff, and then say that they just couldn't find a way to monetize the app.
dageshi 3y ago
If it were that small of a number on ad blockers, they probably wouldn't be spending the effort to counter the blockers.
- beretguy 3y ago
  Don’t be naive. They are just greedy and want more money.
  - dageshi 3y ago
    Well no shit. And the people who block ads are greedy and don't want to pay anything for the service, they have a delusional expectation it should be free for them forever.
    - beretguy 3y ago
      Please educate yourself. Please watch this video by Louis Rossmann titled “Why I will NEVER pay for YouTube Premium ever again!”: https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=4Q3ZXQZZlcE https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=4Q3ZXQZZlcE Better yet, subscribe to that channel and watch his videos.
      - davoneus 3y ago
        Yeah, a creator who gets money from the very entity he complains about. I unsubscribed from his channel the very day I saw that video. As a YT premium subscriber, I'll support creators who have at least some self honesty For goodness sake, YT isn't close to perfect, but it's leagues ahead of the craptastic TikTok.

Yeah. And? They want to milk the last drops of $$$ out of their customers, as usual. If they want to block ad-blockers on their service then so be it. i don't like the venture capital culture, enshittification pisses me off, the constant race for more revenue, growth and profits while cutting jobs and wages annoys me as well. but for me there's no moral argument against them blocking ad-blockers without criticizing the whole system around it. do i think that services should be federated, open-source and non-profit oriented? Yes, of course. but YouTube is not that, at all, so being angry about them blocking this is just so unnecessary to me. it seems to me that people are just veeeery pissed of that they either have to pay for it or stop using it. they don't know where to aim their anger at so they're just angry at Google.

EduardoBautista 3y ago

You are right. A startup would, instead, never show an ad, allow themselves to run out of money, upload a photo of themselves crying on LinkedIn about letting go all of their staff, and then say that they just couldn't find a way to monetize the app.

dageshi 3y ago

If it were that small of a number on ad blockers, they probably wouldn't be spending the effort to counter the blockers.

beretguy 3y ago
Don’t be naive. They are just greedy and want more money.
- dageshi 3y ago
  Well no shit. And the people who block ads are greedy and don't want to pay anything for the service, they have a delusional expectation it should be free for them forever.
  - beretguy 3y ago
    Please educate yourself. Please watch this video by Louis Rossmann titled “Why I will NEVER pay for YouTube Premium ever again!”: https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=4Q3ZXQZZlcE https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=4Q3ZXQZZlcE Better yet, subscribe to that channel and watch his videos.
    - davoneus 3y ago
      Yeah, a creator who gets money from the very entity he complains about. I unsubscribed from his channel the very day I saw that video. As a YT premium subscriber, I'll support creators who have at least some self honesty For goodness sake, YT isn't close to perfect, but it's leagues ahead of the craptastic TikTok.