Dailymoition still exists at least.
And Peertube.
laughs in newpipe
Damn ur battery even lower than mine
What about if it’s a sexy lady with an eye that’s lazy, a girl that’s fly with a wonky eye, who’s smoking with an eye that’s broken?
People with ADHD will never make it through an ad.
This comment hit me like a gut punch of dread.
And now I’ll think about it for years.
*Ad 1 of 3.
“There will now be a short questionnaire on the ad you watched to see if you actually listened to it. If you get below 90%, we will show two minutes of ads.”
Don’t give them even more ideas…
A Russian video hosting Rutube (which was totally dead until the govt decided to detract Russians from using YouTube, which made the platform semi-dead) actually tried to do that, having a quiz after each ad break, asking questions such as “what TV channel has been advertised in this ad?” and repeating the ad video if answered wrong
“Why are you leaving? Fill out this survey and let us know what you didn’t like. Please enter your email. Before you go, 50% of YouTube Plus Ultimate!”
This will be the death of YouTube for me. I pay for YouTube premium so this day may never come for me.
I pay for YouTube premium
Not as bad as paying for Twitter, but close.
The biggest reason I pay for it is supposedly creators I watch get paid significantly more than someone who sits through ads without skipping. I also don’t really watch regular TV.
supposedly creators I watch get paid
I mean, that’s why I’m on Patreon. But fuck YouTube.
Yeah, I know it’s not an excuse but I’m lazy and this guarantees even the individuals I watch irregularly gets their share. I’ve heard it even pays out if it’s demonetized (don’t take my word on that one though.)
I know it’s not an excuse
Your heart is in the right place. YouTube’s just isn’t.
I’m just gonna watch YouTube on a computer without a webcam. Now this will prevent them from doing shit like this.
"We didn’t detect a Webcam on your device. You can only watch videos on devices with a Webcam. Do you want Premium*? Click here for only 29,99 per month.
*With Premium you also only can watch videos on devices with a Webcam"
This is only 2025, a year later they also want a list of the people you love the most so they can kidnap one to demand you buy Premium, which will mean they will get you premium looking ads instead of shitty looking ads.
I need the dude in the video to talk with me if I want a webcam.
Oh, let me guess, I also have to have a microphone as well so that I can’t be allowed to express discontent over an ad?
Yes, you need a microphone, and allow them access to your bank account. If you didn’t smile, vocally approve AND purchased the ad content you will be punished by 12 tripple ads instead of 4 double. Saying anything bad about Google or YouTube and you will get an automatic double priced Premium subscription for 6 months. This effect stacks. It will also not give you less ads. Refusing to watch any video on YouTube anymore will cost you your first born child.
What if I still don’t have a child?
Kid or kidney, your choice
I’d rather keep my kidney.
Premium lets you watch ads with up to 4 blinks per ad without pause or a total of .4 seconds of looking away from the ad without pause.
Someone will find a way to take a looped video of them watching their computer intently and feed it through their webcam. The ad battle will never end.
YouTube is too big. I’ve been trying to use Rumble when I can. It has a lot of right wingers that were banned from YT, which sucks, but I hope to see any alternatives to YT thrive and grow.
As you’re already on the Fediverse, you might like to check out PeerTube.
Unrelated, but seeing “2025,” my first thought was "haha that’s so far I the future. Jesus, for something that’s six months away, that’s a futuristic ass sounding date
not real in 2025. 2040? not so sure
I’ll shift to peertube for good once I can afford my own server
Seems like what we’re moving towards
I just won’t be using whatever that is. I’m finding more and more that I don’t need shit on the Internet.
I honestly wouldn’t even be suprised
People still running content blockers and piping video links in 2025: “You guys are still watching ads?”
