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YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave (9to5google.com)

submitted 10 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (5 children)

A couple of five second ads doesn't bother me at all.

I'm from a generation that had no pause or fast forward on the TV before the internet. Every fifteen minutes or so you'd have near enough five minutes of ads. YouTube ads are nothing by comparison.

$10 a month isn't a huge amount, but it's $120 saved by the end of the year that I'd rather spend on something else.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I’m from a generation that had state television where there were no ads at all. I liked it that way.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

Exactly. Starting from the premise that these services deserve the revenue from ads is completely wrong. As advertising has grown, so has corporate greed in extracting more value from users while providing a worse service.

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

In the UK you have to pay the TV licence for state television, so it's swings and roundabouts.

[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm from that generation too and as soon as I moved out of my folks' house I never subscribed to cable or watched broadcast TV because that constant onslaught of advertising was offensive and I didn't want it in my home.

[–] Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’m from a generation that had no pause or fast forward on the TV before the internet.

Me too, but using ublock for a while it's easy and quick to become intolerant of ads.

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I do understand the appeal but I also quite like a lot of the smaller content creators and I think they deserve to get paid.

Pirating from a corporation that makes several millions in profits is one thing, I'm not going to pick the pockets of my fellow man.

[–] Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ethically it is not so easy, you are also giving money to the evil google. The ideal is to donate directly, so they are not subject to youtube's stingy payments or demonetizations.

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I agree. But I'd rather pay my fellow man even if it means corporate fat cats are also getting a slice.

I did receive a Project Farm t-shirt as a gift which was nice, but I unfortunately don't have the resources to subscribe to each and every patreon so I'll watch the ads in lieu.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I'm from a country where we barely had ads on TV back in the day, and even now it's nowhere near as bad as on American TV. I've tried watching US channels online and it's feels like nothing but an insult. YouTube is bad enough for me.

[–] HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

I mean I had that too, but fuck ads. All my homies hate ads.