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Frankly? That's Google's (well, Alphabet's, I guess) problem. They're a multibillion-dollar international monopoly with absolutely staggering amounts of money
by danaris 7mo ago
Frankly? That's Google's (well, Alphabet's, I guess) problem.
They're a multibillion-dollar international monopoly with absolutely staggering amounts of money and power, actively engaging in a wide variety of activities directly aimed at making the lives of every normal person on the planet worse so that they can have more power, more control, and more money. Me blocking ads on YouTube not only costs them effectively nothing, it's also the act of a flea against a polar bear.
If Alphabet showed any signs of actually wanting to create a sustainable alternative to the surveillance economy, I might have some sympathy for them. But not only do they not do this, they are the ones who created it in the first place.
- smt88 7mo agoDoesn't your boycott of the ad-free model confirm to them that the only viable business model is ads?
- danaris 7mo agoI'm not sure where you got the idea that I'm boycotting "the ad-free model". I'm boycotting them. After all, every cent that goes their way supports surveillance advertising (among other unsavory things). I have other subscriptions that support ad-free creators. If they choose to misconstrue my refusal to support them with either money or ad views, that's also their problem. (Also, that's patently never going to happen, because my signal vanishes instantly into the noise.)