DOJ makes huge mistake?

Stomper · Oct 13, 2023

Cavedweller said:
The length of the video you are allowed to post is dependent on the number of subscribers you have. More subs = longer videos. Longer videos = more ads. More ads = greater revenue.

I have YT Premium, so I don't have to see any ad interruptions, and any in-video "sponsor ads" (read by the channel itself) that are an actual part of the video, I usually just fast-forward through them…. I'm not in the market to buy ANYTHING.

Before it was literally the same ads interruptions over and over…. drove me nuts.

Yarome · Oct 13, 2023

Stomper said:
I have YT Premium, so I don't have to see any ad interruptions, and any in-video "sponsor ads" (read by the channel itself) that are an actual part of the video, I usually just fast-forward through them…. I'm not in the market to buy ANYTHING.

Isn't paying monthly for YT Premium the same thing? At least ad revenue doesn't come out of your pocket, but pay service to avoid ads does.

Personally..... I've been using a free YT ad blocker extension for so many years I often forget they actually have ads on there. Never seen a one of em.

Did I mention... FREE...?

Stomper · Oct 13, 2023

Yarome said:
Isn't paying monthly for YT Premium the same thing? At least ad revenue doesn't come out of your pocket, but pay service to avoid ads does.

Personally..... I've been using a free YT ad blocker extension for so many years I often forget they actually have ads on there. Never seen a one of em.

Did I mention... FREE...?
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That's great if you only watch YT on your dumb-phone using a web-browser or computer… but I watch it (mostly) streaming on my 72" big screens (yes, more than one) at home, or on my iPhone with the YT app, and there ain't no ad-blocker apps to mesh into those…. plus, I usually spend (around) 1.5x on lunch everyday than what the monthly sub-fee is, meaning… I can afford it.

I also use "YT University" a LOT for quick "spot-learning" about something I may randomly need for my current career. .. no need to reinvent the wheel when others have already done it and documented it.

FYI- I'm waiting for Rumble to improve their game and get their platform polished up to work as well as YT, as well as streaming to "smart TV's", then I'll give YT the heave-ho.

Flopsweat · Oct 13, 2023

Stomper said:
That's great if you only watch YT on your dumb-phone using a web-browser or computer… but I watch it (mostly) streaming on my 72" big screens (yes, more than one) at home, or on my iPhone with the YT app, and there ain't no ad-blocker apps to mesh into those…. plus, I usually spend (around) 1.5x on lunch everyday than what the monthly sub-fee is, meaning… I can afford it.

I also use "YT University" a LOT for quick "spot-learning" about something I may randomly need for my current career. .. no need to reinvent the wheel when others have already done it and documented it.

FYI- I'm waiting for Rumble to improve their game and get their platform polished up to work as well as YT, as well as streaming to "smart TV's", then I'll give YT the heave-ho.

I use Invidious to view YT videos. It strips the ads and the browser I use blocks tracking. YT collects a ton of data on everyone, but even more on paying customers. If you're cool with that, then no biggie.

To view on my big screen, I have an old tablet hooked up to the TV with a remote keyboard attached. Between that and Hulu, I'm set. No other streaming services, no cable, no worries.

VinnieBoomBah · Oct 13, 2023

Flopsweat said:
I use Invidious to view YT videos. It strips the ads and the browser I use blocks tracking. YT collects a ton of data on everyone, but even more on paying customers. If you're cool with that, then no biggie.

To view on my big screen, I have an old tablet hooked up to the TV with a remote keyboard attached. Between that and Hulu, I'm set. No other streaming services, no cable, no worries.

Take a look at https://tubitv.com/ lots of movies and TV shows for free