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Lemmy users when I mention I pay for Youtube Premium
(startrek.website)
Somehow paying for Netflix is fine but god forbid I want to watch a 10 hour loop of the DS9 intro without ads.
There was some original content, there is offline play, ad removal, however they should allow premium to skip sponsor ads too if you ask me.
I thought it was a decent deal for $15/mo for family of 3 using it for music and yt. $23 is pushing it.
I dont agree on the sponsor adds because that money is money the creator gets directly that isnt totally dependent on the policies that YT pushes. If those spots become worth less to the creators because they are skippable then they are more dependent on YT for their revenue.
While I do get it, they shouldn't need those sponsors if I'm paying to watch their videos. If YT is injecting ads to pay them.
It's two sources of ads for the viewer, who can only pay to remove one of them
It's a shitty model for everyone.
I think the flip side to that is then thats your issue with the creator. Its between you and them wether you're willing to suffer their product placement.
If you imbed sponsor spots AND I have premium theres no way on gods green earth I'm buying merch or joining your patreon. Not unless your content is accurate predictions of lottery numbers for subscribers.