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[–] slimarev92@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Ads are bad (I agree).

Paying for things is bad.

Then what's left? YouTube should somehow be ad free and free of cost for the user forever and ever? Who's gonna pay for the enormous costs of operating the service?

People are going to start yelling at me about capitalism and enshitiffication. Both of which cause problems, but what do you propose here? Magic?

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I propose YouTube make a MUCH better premium product and price it correctly. Paying for things is fine. Paying for things to get crappier? Na

[–] slimarev92@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is YouTube getting crappier for me as a paying customer? I feel like it hasn't really changed in years.

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Glad you enjoy it. Keep doing your thing. But are you seriously deaf to the rising chorus of complaints about YouTube? This thread contains many examples of youtube's enshitification over the few couple years. Your question feels disingenuous at best to me

[–] slimarev92@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Name one complaint, other than blocking people with ad blockers. How has the actual product changed?

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Increased family plan sharing restrictions

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Inability to purchase only YouTube music

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Inability to remove shorts from homescreen (decision reversed due to consumer outcry)

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Price increases

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The worsening of recommendations/algorithm pointing to more crap content

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The death of Google music

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

4k premium only (decision reversed due to consumer outcry)

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 year ago

I'm not opposed to paying for online services in general, I'm just not going to pay them to make the site worse with every update. (Plus I kinda categorically refuse to give Google money at this point.)

[–] MentorKitten@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

I'll still call someone a clown for paying even if I'm able to acknowledge that someone has to hold the bag. Just ain't gonna me or hopefully anyone I care about.