gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Fine - go back to dial-up and USENET and irc ...
RIP YouTube
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littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Thank the lord for billionaires. We'd be so poor without them. 
Humberto
Well-Known Member
Thank the lord for billionaires. We'd be so poor without them.
Thankfully they're inert politically, not dementedly greedy and not out to make as much as they can in as short a space as possible and fuck everyone else.
strung out
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Most of the people who make content for YouTube rely on ad revenue, so if you do block ads, but value their content, you really should chuck some money to them in other ways (Patreon, Kofi etc.)
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Fair enough. I have done that occasionally. Probably should do it more. I don't actually block ads that much. I just don't agree that it's wrong to do so in principle. We don't, and shouldn't, have to accept such things passively.
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
I never see ads on YouTube because I use AdBlockPlus
but have just had an email from them asking me to choose a handle.
but have just had an email from them asking me to choose a handle.
I really wish urban had a shudder emojiHi bluescreen
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I don't even understand that.
I'm liable to be producing proper content in future, so I will wait till I do understand...
I'm liable to be producing proper content in future, so I will wait till I do understand...
strung out
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I don't see the issue. Presumably you've got a YouTube/Google account if you're getting that email?
It's just letting you know you can choose a handle/URL for the account, should you ever upload videos to it. E.g. YouTube.com/bluescreen
You don't have to use it, but as a creator or commenter, it allows you to be found via URL or tagged easily by using the @ symbol on the platform, just like this one bluescreen
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
You're right of course. The shudder is for the ubiquity of alphabet dot com
skyscraper101
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I subscribe to YouTube Premium and pay in rupees via India. Costs less than £2 a month for no ads, unlimited downloads, and listening to content (i.e. music/mixes/albums) with the screen off. Totally worth it.
Short ads before a clip don’t bother me too much and I can understand folk want to claw back some of their costs if not profit from their content. I agree randomly placed mid clip ads are annoying though.
skyscraper101
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But they annoying AF when you want to quickly show someone something and you have to sit through some totally irrelevant and unskippable advert for 20 seconds. Honestly I would never go back to regular youtube now.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
You need to set up a new google account though , then set the VPN , then sign up to Youtube. Otherwise, it defaults to your original Youtube/google account location.
Equally annoying is forking out a wad on software and hardware to make content and then putting the effort in only for your audience to be impatient in showing it to a mate.
editor
hiraethified
I'm only too happy to look the the way when some advert come on because I want to support the content creators but some really take the fucking piss with 20 second adverts before a 2 minute clip, or having a shit ton of adverts plus a hefty sponsor message half way through.
If a YouTube subscription was like £5 a month I'd consider it but I can't be arsed faffing about with VPNs.
Top tip: if a clip you want to see says it has two 15 second adverts coming up, going back and clicking on the clip can sometimes reward you with much shorter adverts!
If a YouTube subscription was like £5 a month I'd consider it but I can't be arsed faffing about with VPNs.
Top tip: if a clip you want to see says it has two 15 second adverts coming up, going back and clicking on the clip can sometimes reward you with much shorter adverts!
editor
hiraethified
A lot of the stuff on YouTube is people lifting other people's content (like classic films, comedies etc) and monetising it for themselves.
I’m kind of agnostic on that. YouTube looks out for stuff lifted but I guess the copyright owner has to instigate any removal.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I've had to do it a couple of times and it was a right pain in the arse. . . . it's actually possible (quite easy if not owned by a huge corporation) to register someone else's work as your own, which makes it quite difficult to claw it back even if you have all the documentation, as there are various companies involved (not you tube) and it's not really within their interests to give a shit.
editor
hiraethified
I've been creating content for years and have had shitloads stolen - and it can be an almighty effort trying to get it taken down. I've often just given up unless they've monetised the fuck out of it.
Oh I’m definitely against people ripping off content creators. I was more shrugging at it happening to the big picture houses etc
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Creators get far more cash if you sign up to YouTube Premium compared to you watching ads. Although that might not be quite so true if you've got a super-cheap foreign rate.
I'd sign up for it, but the price is a bit excessive. I think it's based on the assumption you will use it to stream loads of music, which I wouldn't want to do, and the background play and watch offline features aren't useful for me either.
I'd sign up for it, but the price is a bit excessive. I think it's based on the assumption you will use it to stream loads of music, which I wouldn't want to do, and the background play and watch offline features aren't useful for me either.
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
We ended up with YT Premium after trying it free for 3 months during lockdown. I watch it everyday, mainly for workouts (SO MANY!), gd watches YT Kids, we all use for music (it has more music than Spotify)... My son + a friend of the family also use it. Up to 5 ppl can share the subscription iirc.
A cheap way of doing it is find a group of 5 people who want to share the subscription price
. Around £3.40 a month
A cheap way of doing it is find a group of 5 people who want to share the subscription price
. Around £3.40 a month
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
Worked fine for me in my old account. I just opened youtube again in new browser rather than the app
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I pay for youtube because I watch quite a lot of stuff on it and much of the content I think is way higher quality than anything on "TV". I'm happy to pay to get rid of the adverts and happy for the creators to get some cash.
However ... I'm now getting quite fed up with the lengthy sponsor segments that appear in many videos. I've paid to not waste my time watching adverts; now they are being added in on the sly. That's not what the deal was.
However ... I'm now getting quite fed up with the lengthy sponsor segments that appear in many videos. I've paid to not waste my time watching adverts; now they are being added in on the sly. That's not what the deal was.
ska invita
back on the other side
Sorry that's me and the other adblock users fault
ska invita
back on the other side
The selling of the rights of pop music has been a hedge/investor fund bonanza last couple of years. I read it's calming down now but still wild west stuff
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Not sure it is - they don't need to put those bits into videos watched on paying accounts, just into videos when one of you lot is watching.
