YouTube disallowing adblockers, Reddit charging for API usage, Twitter blocking non-registered users. These events happen almost at the same time. Is this one of the effects of the tech bubble burst?

  • thereddevil@sh.itjust.works
    56·
    1 year ago

    Then buy YouTube Premium and the ads go away.

    YouTube is not a charity and needs to pay for servers hosting the content people view. That money comes from ads/YouTube Premium

    • cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m going to quote @morgan_423@lemmy.world from elsewhere in this thread:

      I’m not going to reward them for these misbehaviors toward their user base by buying their “Premium” service. Same for any other site that does this and offers a “Premium service” to fix the problem that they, themselves, created. There are ways to have safe ads, and fair user experience even with them in play.