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This should be pretty obvious, but Google isn't merely tracking its own usage. Its sole purpose is to digitally surveil you 24/7 and use the obtained informatio

This should be pretty obvious, but Google isn't merely tracking its own usage. Its sole purpose is to digitally surveil you 24/7 and use the obtained information to manipulate you. By subscribing to Premium, you make that job easier for them than when you browse the web without signing in to YouTube, and by extension, Google. > And whatever VPNs, crypto and scams the content creators peddle is up to the viewer. I barely get VPNs, and no crypto and no scams. Come on, let's not resort to baseless shaming and blame shifting. The whole point of Premium is supposed to be about getting rid of ads. It demonstrably doesn't do that, making Premium a charity for the richest company in the world. It's 100% on Google for failing to provide any value with Premium.

npteljes 1y ago
I think several things are mixed up here. >By subscribing to Premium, you make that job easier for them than when you browse the web without signing in to YouTube, and by extension, Google. That has nothing to do with paying for YouTube Premium, but rather, with having signed in with the browser into the Google account, and using that to browse the internet as well. There are many cases where this doesn't happen. For example, if the user logs in on their phone, or smart tv, or uses separate browsers or Firefox Containers or such on PC. Also, google tracks without logging in at all, via Analytics, and by other means as well. Premium is the least of the concern here. >Come on, let's not resort to baseless shaming and blame shifting. Nah, you come on. Those ads were embedded in the video stream by the content creator, were they not? The onus is entirely on the uploader. YT Premium is not charity, but a rather cheap subscription to a great service. It makes the Google ads go away, and with that, lifts a mental burden, because advertising is often plain evil.

npteljes 1y ago

I think several things are mixed up here. >By subscribing to Premium, you make that job easier for them than when you browse the web without signing in to YouTube, and by extension, Google. That has nothing to do with paying for YouTube Premium, but rather, with having signed in with the browser into the Google account, and using that to browse the internet as well. There are many cases where this doesn't happen. For example, if the user logs in on their phone, or smart tv, or uses separate browsers or Firefox Containers or such on PC. Also, google tracks without logging in at all, via Analytics, and by other means as well. Premium is the least of the concern here. >Come on, let's not resort to baseless shaming and blame shifting. Nah, you come on. Those ads were embedded in the video stream by the content creator, were they not? The onus is entirely on the uploader. YT Premium is not charity, but a rather cheap subscription to a great service. It makes the Google ads go away, and with that, lifts a mental burden, because advertising is often plain evil.