YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
Unpopular opinion: I like paying for YouTube Premium to get rid of ads and still make it possible for creators and YouTube to get paid and survive an keep offering me entertainment.
In addition you also get YouTube Music so no need to pay for Spotify. It might not have as good features but I listen to music specifically so I only search for what I want to listen to and don’t want any algorithms anyway.
This is very much their propaganda tactic, that by not watching ads you’re stealing from the poor content creators, when in reality they’re just chucking a few pennies to the people who actually made the videos. If you want to actually support the creators then donate to their patreon or whatever, but don’t pretend that watching ads or paying for premium is doing anything more than lining the pockets of investors.
Yeah I think it’s a good option for a lot of people.
As a counterpoint, I recommend watching Louis Rossman’s take on why he recommends people pirate instead of paying for YouTube Premium.
His general philosophy on things is that you should pay for things unless you’re getting an inferior service to the pirates.
In this case of YouTube Premium, he considers it restrictive enough (won’t let him watch videos offline) that he cancelled his subscription and now recommends piracy.
Did you watch the video?
YouTube Premium lets you watch a video offline if you’re online.
If you’ve been offline for 3 days, however, you cannot watch any videos offline, which makes the usage of the word “offline” a little strange.
Small question about Nebula, am I right in thinking that it’s mostly music-centered? Context, I barely use YouTube for music, but rather for documentaries and game stream edits.
Unpopular opinion: I like paying for YouTube Premium to get rid of ads and still make it possible for creators and YouTube to get paid and survive an keep offering me entertainment.
In addition you also get YouTube Music so no need to pay for Spotify. It might not have as good features but I listen to music specifically so I only search for what I want to listen to and don’t want any algorithms anyway.
This is very much their propaganda tactic, that by not watching ads you’re stealing from the poor content creators, when in reality they’re just chucking a few pennies to the people who actually made the videos. If you want to actually support the creators then donate to their patreon or whatever, but don’t pretend that watching ads or paying for premium is doing anything more than lining the pockets of investors.
Yeah I think it’s a good option for a lot of people.
As a counterpoint, I recommend watching Louis Rossman’s take on why he recommends people pirate instead of paying for YouTube Premium. His general philosophy on things is that you should pay for things unless you’re getting an inferior service to the pirates. In this case of YouTube Premium, he considers it restrictive enough (won’t let him watch videos offline) that he cancelled his subscription and now recommends piracy.
But YouTube Premium lets you download and watch offline…
Did you watch the video? YouTube Premium lets you watch a video offline if you’re online. If you’ve been offline for 3 days, however, you cannot watch any videos offline, which makes the usage of the word “offline” a little strange.
I pay for nebula, which is significantly cheaper and has a lot of creators that I am interested in supporting, plus extra content from them.
Small question about Nebula, am I right in thinking that it’s mostly music-centered? Context, I barely use YouTube for music, but rather for documentaries and game stream edits.
It’s mostly edutainment type content.