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Idk man instead of freeloading how about paying for the service? I generally avoid dismissive comments like these but I think it needs to be said. If you don’t

Idk man instead of freeloading how about paying for the service? I generally avoid dismissive comments like these but I think it needs to be said. If you don’t like ads pay for the service. You don’t deserve content for free.

noqc 1y ago
You are no more freeloading by ignoring the ads they serve you than by watching them.
Lapel2742 1y ago
I start paying them when they start paying me for my data.
mystified5016 1y ago
I don't think Google deserves money for ai generated ads for fake boner pills. Google already makes untold amounts of money from spying on me. Yesterday I started seeing new recommended videos related to a show I watched on my private jellyfin server. Google spies on me everywhere, tracks me across the open internet and my local network, then sells this data to whoever for God knows how much money and you want to tell me I owe Google even more money? Buddy you need some perspective.
tonyedgecombe 1y ago
Even if you pay for YouTube you will still see ads inserted by the content creators.
- aprilthird2021 1y ago
  So what? It's still paying to see less ads. If ads bother you, pay
  - tonyedgecombe 1y ago
    >If ads bother you, pay I have paid but I still see ads.
    - jama211 1y ago
      Stop playing dumb
- jama211 1y ago
  This is a silly criticism, but for the record the sponsorblock extension does a great job at skipping these.
- vikramkr 1y ago
  That's not up to YouTube, that's what the creator is doing.
  - tonyedgecombe 1y ago
    YouTube could stop it if they wanted.
  - johnisgood 1y ago
    The creators must specify the start and end timestamp of the ad (some do), so you would be allowed to skip it easily.
    - Tijdreiziger 1y ago
      You can if you have Premium. If you start manually skipping forward, the UI gives you a ‘Jump ahead’ button that skips straight to the end of the segment (based on crowd-sourced data, it seems).
- delecti 1y ago
  No, this is clearly a false equivalence. You see the content you choose to click on. Should my premium membership mean that Youtube blocks me from viewing Superbowl commercials the day after? Or movie trailers? Premium is simply paying Youtube so that Youtube will not show you Youtube's ads.

noqc 1y ago

You are no more freeloading by ignoring the ads they serve you than by watching them.

Lapel2742 1y ago

I start paying them when they start paying me for my data.

mystified5016 1y ago

I don't think Google deserves money for ai generated ads for fake boner pills. Google already makes untold amounts of money from spying on me. Yesterday I started seeing new recommended videos related to a show I watched on my private jellyfin server. Google spies on me everywhere, tracks me across the open internet and my local network, then sells this data to whoever for God knows how much money and you want to tell me I owe Google even more money? Buddy you need some perspective.

tonyedgecombe 1y ago

Even if you pay for YouTube you will still see ads inserted by the content creators.

aprilthird2021 1y ago
So what? It's still paying to see less ads. If ads bother you, pay
- tonyedgecombe 1y ago
  >If ads bother you, pay I have paid but I still see ads.
  - jama211 1y ago
    Stop playing dumb
jama211 1y ago
This is a silly criticism, but for the record the sponsorblock extension does a great job at skipping these.
vikramkr 1y ago
That's not up to YouTube, that's what the creator is doing.
- tonyedgecombe 1y ago
  YouTube could stop it if they wanted.
- johnisgood 1y ago
  The creators must specify the start and end timestamp of the ad (some do), so you would be allowed to skip it easily.
  - Tijdreiziger 1y ago
    You can if you have Premium. If you start manually skipping forward, the UI gives you a ‘Jump ahead’ button that skips straight to the end of the segment (based on crowd-sourced data, it seems).
delecti 1y ago
No, this is clearly a false equivalence. You see the content you choose to click on. Should my premium membership mean that Youtube blocks me from viewing Superbowl commercials the day after? Or movie trailers? Premium is simply paying Youtube so that Youtube will not show you Youtube's ads.