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[-] Shard@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I appreciate your nuanced answer. That's something a lot of "why not just pay for YouTube premium" guys don't

You raised good points and if you're happy to pay for the convenience, I'm not going to fight you on that.

While I don't fully agree with paying for a service that doesn't listen to their customers(bring back dislikes), I can still see where you're coming from.

[-] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

edit: sorry for the wall of text again lol

thanks, I appreciate your response too. I wasn't sure what to expect when I wrote it lol but this response was a pleasant surprise

I will admit that I never really engaged with likes/dislikes, so while I was annoyed on a conceptual level when they removed dislikes it didnt really affect me. I might feel differently about paying youtube if that wasn't the case.

I wasn't aware when I wrote this that there were so many people who respond to simple complaints about ads with "just buy premium", that was a total blindspot for me. Most comments ive seen about it (before reading comments on this thread, dear god) were more similar to mine, albeit more brief.

at risk of overgeneralizing, I think anyone who pays for YouTube /just/ for the ads (while watching mostly on PC or android), is probably an idiot. adblock is trivial to set up on those platforms and will likely soon prove to be more effective at preventing ads than paying for YouTube. its upsetting the sheer amount of people that will give money to evil corporations just to avoid having to think at all about what theyre consuming, and if thats really the loud majority of people who pay for YouTube then I can defintily understand the negative interactions ive had in the past.

this has been an enlightening discussion for me, thanks for that!

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