this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2026
518 points (97.1% liked)

memes

22177 readers
2572 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/Ads/AI SlopNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live. We also consider AI slop to be spam in this community and is subject to removal.

A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment

Sister communities

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 53 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I don't pay and don't get ads either. Stop being a sucker. Yes, I am fine with them going bankrupt if everyone would do that.

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Fine with it? I'm waiting for it!

[–] DaedalousIlios@pawb.social 3 points 3 days ago

Agreed! I'll take it a step further that they need to face bankruptcy over this!

The problem is that even if everyone paid for YouTube's subscription, they'd raise the price, slash the features, and reintroduce ads unless you pay for an even more expensive tier. Just like Netflix.

Why? Because advertising companies will always be giving more money to YouTube than the users. The only thing paying YouTube gets you is the Sunk Cost fallacy.

[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Fair enough, but dont whine when Youtube circumvents adblockers and starts injecting ads directly into video streams. You did this.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

If Spite brings spite: you're not on the high road looking down