Yes. I will watch it for free as intended, nobody posted the content to be YouTube premium only, so I won't pay for it, I will watch the sponsor segments though.
I won't pay YouTube and I won't support in other forms that will let creators keep posting content on YouTube.
I'm voting with my money, I don't want YouTube to succeed as a platform, unless it becomes more open about their algorithms and their suggestions. most of my creator friends saw their views diminish two folds for no apparent reason, their video have been demonetized after years being there, because some user improperly signaled them, maybe a competitor that wanted to harm their reputation or maybe just some troll, but there was no easy way to put them back, because YouTube has no support.
Should I really pay for that?
No, thanks!
Easy as that.
It's like paying the mall because the comic book shop I like is inside the mall, so that the mall can finance and advertise all the things I hate in life, while also killing the exposure of the comic book shop.
You won't guilt trip me with your misguided morals.
> Yes. I will watch it for free as intended, nobody posted the content to be YouTube premium only, so I won't pay for it, I will watch the sponsor segments though.
Fair enough, but the grandparent's point was specifically about circumventing the ads, no? At least that was what I was addressing.
> It's like paying the mall because the comic book shop I like is inside the mall, so that the mall can finance and advertise all the things I hate in life, while also killing the exposure of the comic book shop.
But you're fine with some percentage of whatever you spend in that store going back to the mall in form of rent? Seems like an accounting detail to me.
I won't pay YouTube and I won't support in other forms that will let creators keep posting content on YouTube.
I'm voting with my money, I don't want YouTube to succeed as a platform, unless it becomes more open about their algorithms and their suggestions. most of my creator friends saw their views diminish two folds for no apparent reason, their video have been demonetized after years being there, because some user improperly signaled them, maybe a competitor that wanted to harm their reputation or maybe just some troll, but there was no easy way to put them back, because YouTube has no support.
Should I really pay for that?
No, thanks!
Easy as that.
It's like paying the mall because the comic book shop I like is inside the mall, so that the mall can finance and advertise all the things I hate in life, while also killing the exposure of the comic book shop.
You won't guilt trip me with your misguided morals.