Honestly, I just use the internet less. I'm never going to pay. I can't be bothered with the loopholes anymore. If it bugs me to pay or subscribe, I leave. I'm fine with them not wanting me as a user, and I hope they're fine with me not wanting them as a supplier. They don't have anything that I actually need that badly.

Oddly enough I probably use the internet more than ever. It's just not that internet.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah YouTube brings me a ton of value and I wouldn't mind paying a bit for it.

Not $14 a month though.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 10 months ago

I'm so done with "browsing" YouTube. I also hardly ever click the links anymore when people post them here, and that is because of the ads.

There are some good channels that I occasionally checkout whenever I'm really bored, and I absolutely don't mind them getting the ad revenue like any other free tv show, but it's nothing that I can't do without.

In my opinion, good YT channels who make quality content ought to apply for other mean of distribution that doesn't scare away viewers. Let's say that f.i. Numberphile, Veritasium or Primitive Technology were on Netflix or even Disney+, I'd prefer to watch it there. That's how bad YouTube is.

If YouTube managed to get part of the all-in deals that I have on the other "real" streaming services, then they'd get some fraction of whatever my cellphone carrier pays to those. Right now I just don't want to bother with it.

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