• Wogi@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’m not sure what the hell is going on at YouTube but I’ve noticed a significant drop in decent videos being recommended, and a huge uptick in videos I’ve already seen showing up at the front of the feed. Probs gonna drop it when the price picks up and just go to nebula.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        Honestly: I’d rather pay for YT and pirate Netflix.
        The amount of Entertainment I get from YT exceeds the scale of Netflix and I use it daily at 2-3h per day.

        And while yes, it’s free, I can also support the creators with a better click price than a regular click.
        Is it a better solution then the respective patreon/whatever? Nope
        Do I want to pay 5€/month or video each time? Fuck no. I am not king Midas.

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          1 year ago

          Yup, that’s how I see it too. I don’t like seeing ads, the creators do at least get more money, and the actual value I get out of YouTube is pretty high

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          1 year ago

          Not to mention not every creator will have a patreon anyway so this covers that scenario as well.

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        1 year ago

        There’s a ton of educational content only on YT and so it’s a part of our homeschool curriculum. My kids were getting a lot of super inappropriate ads a while back, so I got premium to avoid all ads.