• slimarev92@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      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?

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        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

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

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            5 months ago

            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

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              5 months ago

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

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      5 months ago

      If you watch ads instead of paying a modest fee to remove them then you’re a clown. Companies do need to make money for the services they provide, I just disagree with the amount.

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        5 months ago

        “Modest?” $14 a month? $5 would be modest. I literally pay less for whole as streaming services.

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              5 months ago

              That was my comment about the amount that should be charged. I’ll happily pay $5/mo, but not $15. I’m happy to pay for services, just not the amount that many want to charge.