• ripley@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It went up like four bucks this month for me this past month. I feel like I am in a no-win situation. I want to support the authors of the videos and music I like, make the platform sustainable, and I hate ads and data harvesting. There doesn’t seem to be reasonable way to satisfy all three objectives (or even two).

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 months ago

      I’m mostly in the same boat with supporting the creators, however I don’t really like Google to be honest. I end up supporting creators outside the platform, such as via Patreon or by watching on Nebula. Most of my YT consumption is done via NewPipe, Piped and Freetube

      There’s a little part of me that likes the fact that YouTube is burning a hole in Google’s finances tbh lol

    • TragicNotCute@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Patreon for the ones you really like, and substituting watching my own content on Plex is how I’m weening myself off YouTube.

      • prince of space@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        I wish there was arr software for YouTube that included Sponsorblock. Every one I’ve tried hasn’t really worked. Need it to be automated or I’m stuck using YouTube.