If you think people are getting paid by youtube then your are wrong. The amount per user is insignificant.
You can spend a $ directly to any creator you like and watch his channel ad free for the rest of your life and they have more money from you than they would get by ads from youtube
While I basically agree with what you’re saying, I’d also like to point out that the money they get from you watching ads is miniscule. I don’t remember which YouTuber it was, maybe Matthias Wandell, who said that if you donate just one dollar, that’s more than they’re ever going to profit from you watching ads.
Its sad this is being downvoted. Ethically you should pay to use the service either through ads and personal data or subscription and personal data.
I don’t do either because I don’t like Google and don’t care about being Ethical to them. I understand why they would try and stop me and I’ve come to terms with the fact that I will have to give up youtube in the next decade.
If you’re talking ethics, I think the most important thing is that the user controls what their software does. YouTube videos are hosted on the web, and fundamentally people can choose how to display web sites on their own computer. Of course, if YouTube doesn’t like this it’s their prerogative to not host their content like that.
Just get youtube premium if you don’t want ads. The people you watch deserve to be paid for their work
If you think people are getting paid by youtube then your are wrong. The amount per user is insignificant.
You can spend a $ directly to any creator you like and watch his channel ad free for the rest of your life and they have more money from you than they would get by ads from youtube
Or even better, care about your digital privacy and ditch Google and Youtube and use an alternative front end, like invidious, or piped.
While I basically agree with what you’re saying, I’d also like to point out that the money they get from you watching ads is miniscule. I don’t remember which YouTuber it was, maybe Matthias Wandell, who said that if you donate just one dollar, that’s more than they’re ever going to profit from you watching ads.
Nah, I only ever liked YouTube because it was a site where complete randoms could share stuff for free
I’m not interested in paying someone’s salary, I just want to watch people’s videos of their pets and kids and stuff like that
who do you think opts to put ads on their videos. Google doesn’t force anyone to monetise their videos if they don’t want to.
Yeah, it’s their choice, not mine. Exactly.
But there will still be ads.
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Its sad this is being downvoted. Ethically you should pay to use the service either through ads and personal data or subscription and personal data.
I don’t do either because I don’t like Google and don’t care about being Ethical to them. I understand why they would try and stop me and I’ve come to terms with the fact that I will have to give up youtube in the next decade.
I don’t get it why is ethical when the options includes “… AND personal data”.
If you sign into YouTube with a Google account you’ve opted into your watch history being linked to your online profile. That’s not unethical.
If you’re talking ethics, I think the most important thing is that the user controls what their software does. YouTube videos are hosted on the web, and fundamentally people can choose how to display web sites on their own computer. Of course, if YouTube doesn’t like this it’s their prerogative to not host their content like that.
The user controls what they display but Google controls what YouTube should be. And it should be ad supported or subscription.
@Fizz @Dindonmasker I pay for Youtube Premium.
I still run uBlock Origin on there to cull behind the scenes analytics, and block cross-site cookies from tracking me across the web.