I am seriously starting to question if YT have started selling packages where you can buy subscribers to your channel…
A few weeks ago I noted that I had been subscribed to three smaller channels of generic corporate slop videos, I unsubscribed naturally.
Today I was watching a video on my phone I suddenly noticed that as I was closing the video a pop up saying that I had subscribed to the channel, I was very confused as I was already subscribed to the channel I was watching, Hidden In Sweden (btw, the last video was very interesting), and I checked my subscriptions…
I had been subscribed to a random holiday home rental company in Spain’s channel…
Are there ads that immediately subscribe you to a channel? What is going on?
I hate the idea that watching ads or donating money to “support” creators. Youtube gets their content for free, why shouldn’t I?
And it’s not just content creators. Nobody shops anymore, they support business. Capitalism has camouflaged consumerism as political /social activism and it makes me sick!
It’s still a service, both the creator and Google, provide. And support with something like patreon goes around Google AFAIK. Patreon takes a cut, but that’s another story.