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Shortly before I started paying for YouTube, I remember seeing one of those ultra-long ads. The ad seemed interesting, so at first I didn't want to skip it. As

by gwbas1c 10mo ago

Shortly before I started paying for YouTube, I remember seeing one of those ultra-long ads. The ad seemed interesting, so at first I didn't want to skip it. As soon as I saw that it was a looooong ad I got into the habit of checking the length of an ad before I even considered if it's worth watching. Now I just pay for Youtube. I'm a lot happier that way.

bastardoperator 10mo ago
Time is money. Ten minutes of daily YouTube ads adds up to 5 hours a month. Premium costs $14, roughly an hour's work at minimum wage. Trade one hour of labor for four hours of free time. That's 48 hours back each year for $168. It's a no brainer. Even if your wage is half of 14 dollars, you would still gain 24 hours back and it would still be worth it.
- blibble 10mo ago
  or install ublock origin and keep your money and the time! while depriving google of revenue AND costing them money win, win, win and WIN
  - Aerroon 10mo ago
    Also decreasing the likelihood of content that you like watching gets made? The creator is being paid from that ad revenue too.
    - olyjohn 10mo ago
      Or maybe they will move to a platform that respects them. Gotta start somewhere.
      - Aerroon 10mo ago
        They're on YouTube because it's the platform that gives them the greatest chance of success. What other popular video platforms do you know that give you 55% of the ad revenue?
    - blibble 10mo ago
      if my viewing actively cost the video creators money from me watching I'd probably feel guilty and stop but this isn't the case, I'm completely cost neutral to them but it does directly cost Google money... and I'm perfectly fine with that
      - Aerroon 10mo ago
        I'm not making a moral judgement here. I'm talking about sending a signal that this type of content is valuable to make, leading to more content of that type being made.
  - gwbas1c 10mo ago
    I watch YouTube on many devices through the app. At the time, I was using YouTube music.

by gwbas1c 10mo ago

bastardoperator 10mo ago

Time is money. Ten minutes of daily YouTube ads adds up to 5 hours a month. Premium costs $14, roughly an hour's work at minimum wage. Trade one hour of labor for four hours of free time. That's 48 hours back each year for $168. It's a no brainer. Even if your wage is half of 14 dollars, you would still gain 24 hours back and it would still be worth it.

blibble 10mo ago
or install ublock origin and keep your money and the time! while depriving google of revenue AND costing them money win, win, win and WIN
- Aerroon 10mo ago
  Also decreasing the likelihood of content that you like watching gets made? The creator is being paid from that ad revenue too.
  - olyjohn 10mo ago
    Or maybe they will move to a platform that respects them. Gotta start somewhere.
    - Aerroon 10mo ago
      They're on YouTube because it's the platform that gives them the greatest chance of success. What other popular video platforms do you know that give you 55% of the ad revenue?
  - blibble 10mo ago
    if my viewing actively cost the video creators money from me watching I'd probably feel guilty and stop but this isn't the case, I'm completely cost neutral to them but it does directly cost Google money... and I'm perfectly fine with that
    - Aerroon 10mo ago
      I'm not making a moral judgement here. I'm talking about sending a signal that this type of content is valuable to make, leading to more content of that type being made.
- gwbas1c 10mo ago
  I watch YouTube on many devices through the app. At the time, I was using YouTube music.