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Subscribing to YT premium is also an evil act (lemmy.world)
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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

get a good adblocker and donate that money to them instead.

thatd probably be the best value.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do use an adblocker, and I'll keep spending my money how I please, thanks.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

everyone can use their money for whatever stupid thing they please

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You subscribe to every single channel you watch on Patreon? That’s remarkable!

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

paying for youtubers

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

paying for youtubers

Like it or not the platform is full of people trying to make a living independently producing content. Most of them are not making very much money. Watching with an adblocker means they aren’t earning any revenue, which is unsustainable. Watching with a Premium subscription means I don’t see ads and they get more revenue (even more so than ad-supported views).

Those people aren’t massive corporations. They’re independent creators. And generally speaking the content I watch on YouTube is content I want to support.

I’m not trying to say it’s like, inherently ethically wrong to watch YouTube without ads or Premium. But it certainly isn’t ethically superior.