I’ve had my YouTube adblocked for quite some time now.
Fuck them and their disgusting practices.
I’ve jumped ship to nebula and dropout. Spending less money for what I actually want and also getting zero ads and slop.
When I read stuff like this, I realize people use YouTube very differently to me. I follow creators and those creators are not on other platforms. This means that jumping ship to other platforms is not an option unless I want to start watching 90% new stuff.
I also already watch stuff on Nebula & Dropout in addition to the YouTube creators I enjoy.
They need to stop having unrealistic expectations of constant growth. But tell that to any cancer and see where it gets you.
Capitalism, like all pyramid schemes, requires constant exponential growth in order to function. It can be temporarily allayed with reforms, but if you miss the mark to transition it to socialism, it just is cancer and will kill whatever society it has infected.
It’s a terrible fact it’s a necessary step in societal development, but we have long since found the cure and roughly the right time to excise the tumor.
Thing is they’d be growing if not for AI spending
True
Maybe they should make their site another fucking endless scroll where they blend videos with shorts and memes, making it more like every other social media site 🫠
What are ads?
Bring back dislikes
As someone that pays for premium, my subscription is very very VERY vaguely tenable at best.
It is worth the price of access but just barely, it is a case of it the quality dips any further or the price increases even slightly then I will be back to the old path.
Alas, with Google intent on closing the side loading gap on android, things like Newpipe are going to go the way of the Dodo.
drop the premium and apply an ad blocker. that will make it more bearable. premium isn’t really premium if you’re not feeling like you’re getting a good deal.
I use DNS blocking and have NextDNS and AdGuard DNS on different devices. Both have clear instructions on how to set up.
Or even easier get Wipr if you’re on Apple devices. Android has even more options.
- Morphe patcher for YouTube
- Load a custom ROM like Lineage or Graphene to get off the Google play services teat and leave the certification crap behind
With s plethora of options to block ads on desktop, mobile, and TV, why give an evil company money?
