YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.

YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.

  • exohuman@lemmy.sdf.org
    7·
    2 years ago

    I have been signed up for YouTube Premium for a long time (and Red before that). I never see ads as a result and I support the platform and it’s creators.

    • RubberColby@kbin.social
      3·
      2 years ago

      Same. I watch at least 60 hours of Youtube every week. Either in the background or actively watching. I don’t mind paying for a service that I am constantly using. I know I’m likely in the minority, but it’s something I don’t mind paying.

    • DMBFFF@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      A few years ago my YouTube account was suspended (without warning, IIRC, and for a templated reason), and the message they sent me told me not to start another account to evade the ban (and I haven’t). FWIW I soon after joined niconico and Vimeo, and took an interest in Wikicommons videos and Internet Archives.

      https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Videos_of_music

      and,

      The Pretty Reckless Fucked Up World ( Director’s Cut)
      https://archive.org/details/testytesty