[askiiart]

While I understand your point, I still wouldn't give money to a company with such privacy violations. If YouTube had a subscription option where YouTube only used my watch history to improve my suggestions, then I'd gladly pay a subscription for it. But in its current form, I either give money to Alphabet while they continue to track me and sell my data to advertisers, or I just block the ads myself to avoid giving them money. There's no way in hell I'm going to pay for the product and be the product.

It's sad that the creators have to get caught in the middle of this, of course, but they can be supported through other platforms, like Patreon, ko-fi, etc., which kinda solves the issue. Or better yet, a YouTube replacement, like Nebula.

[kccqzy]

Google doesn't sell your data to advertisers.

[inetknght]

Maybe not today. Go prove it in court. Until it's proven in court, it's just heresay.

What certainly is being proven in multiple courts, though, is Google's malfeasance and manipulation to create and abuse an advertising monopoly.

[kccqzy]

Okay great idea! Why don't you start by suing Google? I'd love to follow your court case and see what comes of it.

[askiiart]

Ahhh right, my bad. It seems I had a bit of a brain fart there :P

Still, I think you see my point.