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Guess they'll have to do a better job at convincing me that I should pay for what's historically been free. I've never tolerated ads and I'm not about to start. At this point they're encouraging me to carry on out of spite, underhanded tactics are just giving me more reasons not to do what they want.
You realize that they are only able to pay for "what’s historically been free" because of advertisements right? Google might be able to sustain Youtube even without ads because they have other revenue sources, but the vast majority of their revenue are from advertisements, and it would be a massive loss of money to keep Youtube up without it generating ad revenue. Hosting videos is one of the most expensive things a website can do. If we are to ever hope for other companies to compete with Youtube, we should expect for it to not be free. All that said, Google can still go fuck themselves though - I cannot possibly endorse their methods.
Yes, I do realize how terribly expensive hosting videos is. It doesn't change my stance as a customer/end user, however.
Dude you are the product. Or do you think that they didn't build your profile based on your experiences and tastes and then sold it to other companies.....
Wow someone hasn't understood how the internet works
Salty from the sound of it.
Same holds for YouTube. They just got rid of the only no ads subscription here. Which was half the price of premium. So they kick people out of that, and afterwards going to war with ad blockers... If they really wanted as much people as possible to pay, they would have kept that abbo. But probably it's better for them financially to have a bit more with ad blockers and ads and convert some to the premium tier
No, I think it's a reasonable stance. I pay for Crunchyroll and Hidive because I like the paid service they provide, it's a good experience that they are providing and I find value in it. Why would I pay for something that I don't find value in, something where a company tries to actively downgrade the experience of its users rather than try to upgrade the experience of its paid service? I like services where they don't try to actively screw over their users. I pay for Lastfm and Trakt too, because again I like the paid service that they provide.
It's hard to provide something extra when all their content comes from users. They tried with ~~redtube~~ YouTube Red originals but those were pretty lame.
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Look, I think YouTube is one of the few major "social media" sites that net positive for social good. And it loses Google money every year with saving everyone's videos forever and hosting 4k and even 8k content...
But you can't withhold the carrot and use the stick. They're eroding trust with the people that have liked and supported YouTube throughout the years. There are plenty of people like me, that would gladly pay some amount of money. Just not THAT amount of money. Create some payment tiers and decent benefits for climbing up it.