You think Sync users don’t also donate? I paid for sync and donated to Lemmy’s development. Considering donating to my 2 main instances as well.

Dayum. Rectum!

If only my company allowed me to book my own hotels while traveling for work…

“Okay Google, initiate ass wiping”

Then we’d truly be living like Kings.

I know. Late stage capitalism is much more of a negative than a positive.

But I did say slow enshitification. Slow =/= Stop.

Enshitification:

If I did that I would just create another Google account specifically for YouTube so I don’t risk my main account. But then my main account has so many subscriptions and so much watch history that would also be a significant dislike for me.

Wish I was lol

90% of my usage is on Mobile and through my Roku TV which both use specific apps to view YouTube. That’s my problem.

I can use revanced to change the app on my phone, or download another app like NewPipe and that would work for a bit. But the hoops I’m referring to are when the apps get banned and need to be updated to work again, AND the hoops I feel I’d need to go to for an ad blocker at the router level so my Roku TV won’t show ads through YouTube. (Though I should probably look into that anyway to get rid of ads on my TVs home screen).

It just feels like a hassle to me, and I’m paying $8/mo as a student anyway so it’s pretty cheap too.

But to be fair, if YouTube themselves don’t make anything then the service that hosts my content creators isn’t sustainable. So just getting premium feels like the most moral option all things considered, at least for me.

I just think I’m irritated with watching ads enough to pay to not need to. I also think I watch multiple YouTube videos nearly everyday, so I just consider it paying $0.05 to skip the ad automatically and still support the company and creators both.

ReVanced resurrected Sync for Reddit for me, maybe I should check out what ReVanced does for YouTube.

😂

I used revanced on sync for Reddit to keep it alive past it’s death date, though I’m much more engaged with Lemmy since Sync released for it too.

What makes the revanced version of YouTube better to you? Maybe I should check it out.

That’s a fair point, maybe I should look into using newpipe and use what was my monthly payment as a direct donation to my favorite creators instead. Thanks for the informative reply!

The number within your circle has an absolute value of |2|, and |2| is a positive number! 😎

You could say I’m a master…