YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
This is very much their propaganda tactic, that by not watching ads you’re stealing from the poor content creators, when in reality they’re just chucking a few pennies to the people who actually made the videos. If you want to actually support the creators then donate to their patreon or whatever, but don’t pretend that watching ads or paying for premium is doing anything more than lining the pockets of investors.
I don’t have premium but I have stumbled on a number of content creators (I’m sure one of them was TheSpiffingBrit among others) explaining the audience how they get significantly more money from people watching them in a youtube premium…
This is very much their propaganda tactic, that by not watching ads you’re stealing from the poor content creators, when in reality they’re just chucking a few pennies to the people who actually made the videos. If you want to actually support the creators then donate to their patreon or whatever, but don’t pretend that watching ads or paying for premium is doing anything more than lining the pockets of investors.
I don’t have premium but I have stumbled on a number of content creators (I’m sure one of them was TheSpiffingBrit among others) explaining the audience how they get significantly more money from people watching them in a youtube premium…
Moving to a decentralised service like Lemmy didn’t line anyone’s pockets (well, except maybe the infrastructure provider, but that could be anyone!)
If you think software is the answer you are in for a rather… regrettably consistent future, I believe.