[sneak]

I’m fine paying for content (I subscribe to Nebula and Spotify, for example); I am not fine paying to enrich organizations that engage in widespread surveillance and ad technology. Ads make the world worse. Creators make it better.

Google’s problem is that their mission statement is fundamentally misleading. They aren’t here to organize the world’s information and make it accessible, they are here to maximize ad revenue. The information thing is a means to an end. For them, ads are the point, because content doesn’t generate revenue - ads do.

[acdha]

That’s a fair position, but shouldn’t you simply shorten it to not using YouTube? Your activity helps their ad system and using it tells creators that they get more views by putting things on YouTube.

[MBCook]

So because a company sells ads and you don’t like that, you refuse to pay them to not see ads?

Only ensuring that they will try to show even more ads since not enough paying customers exist?

Don’t you think that maybe if all the people in this thread being really righteous about not paying and “ad company“ or to actually pay it might show them there’s a better way?

[f33d5173]

They're a "give away a product for free for 15 years to gain market share then act indignicant when people won't pay whatever price you ask" company. I think that's what people don't want to support.

[scarface_74]

> I’m fine paying for content I subscribe to Nebula and Spotify,

> I am not fine paying to enrich organizations that engage in widespread surveillance and ad technology

And you don’t see an issue with these two statements?