Technology

Shit do I care, lol. Ok, whatever tube ...

a) Linux, Firefox + uBlockOrigin + Enhancer for YouTube;

b) Android, Firefox + uBlock Origin + Video Background Play Fix;

c) I never ever use any account or login into the youtube. Playlists? I got favorites/bookmarks in browser :) Voting, comments? I don't care. Native youtube android apk? Never. So no tracking and stats for you, and no dumb auto recomendations for me. Thanks.

P.S. oh, and all cookies are auto deleted on last tab close. Bye.

So, strike me how? Close whole site or put everything under paywall and die? Hahah.

This doesn't sound great. I feel like this could possibly backfire on them. At the very least I would hope they would reduce the cost of youtube premium then. If you aren't sharing a family plan with friends it's really expensive

Let's all click on the link that says 'I feel like I'm falsely flagged' to give them some noise to work with.

I think this is because YouTube pushed so much its shorts (tiktok knockoff) but they're not as profitable. My guesstimate is that at least 70% of traffic is in shorts now so longer content is rarely played along with longer ads

I don’t want all the other crap that YT is offering with premium. $12/month is too much.

I get that video hosting is expensive, but I’m not sitting through the number of ads that YT wants me to.

There will be other workarounds. If those fail, then I’ll just stop watching. The platform has gotten worse over the years anyway.

So you see YouTube, the thing is, I'm not gonna watch those stupid ads. I don't care how short or long, it's just not happening. No, not even the tip. I can use the site without watching the ads and maybe send links to my friends and they might give you some ad impressions. Or I can go do something else, get mad at Google and never spend another dollar at the play store and stuff. What do you think?

People should develop a federated video hosting service. It will be expensive but I know the community can do it.

In cases when viewers feel they have been falsely flagged as using an ad blocker, they can share this feedback by clicking on the link in the prompt.

Hands up if you've been through Facebook's ban appeal process and know that this, too, will consist of an automated decision to deny your appeal months after the ban would have ended anyway.

The markets demand more profitability dude