fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square445fedilinkarrow-up1240arrow-down18cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
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minus-squareTheQuantumPhysicist@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s all about the economics. Is your time more valuable than that wasted by the ads? If you’re watching YouTube 10 minutes a day, then it doesn’t make sense for you. Cost/benefit analysis should be done.
minus-squaremoreeni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoYou can just use an adblocker and/or a custom front end
minus-squareZappy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoEh it’s not that much if you use YouTube Music, and unlike Adblock creators get paid.
minus-squaremoreeni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI’d rather give creators one time donations, tbh. $5 most likely would cover everything, creators gain very little from ads per viewer/listener
It’s all about the economics. Is your time more valuable than that wasted by the ads?
If you’re watching YouTube 10 minutes a day, then it doesn’t make sense for you. Cost/benefit analysis should be done.
You can just use an adblocker and/or a custom front end
Eh it’s not that much if you use YouTube Music, and unlike Adblock creators get paid.
I’d rather give creators one time donations, tbh. $5 most likely would cover everything, creators gain very little from ads per viewer/listener