That’s just called malware

So being recommended videos is bad now? Dam

That’s kinda the point

Oh man, the absolute horror of being told about new features! The absolute abject tragedy!

It was probably shown to you in a banner that looked like an ad that you closed out /s

I mean, I like being told about new features rather than needing to discover them myself twenty months after they came into existence

… They mean that you’re supporting free speech by disabling and block and supporting them

Bruh almost like the internet is just reposts crazy

People take the word “observe” at face value (no pun intended) a bit too often

You know you could just subscribe to remove them anyways right? I don’t see the difference here

Donations don’t work by themselves. Pretty much ever.

Ad based models aren’t great, but the alternative is subscription based. And we know exactly what the internet feels about that. Look at the amount of people here in this thread given that exact choice and refusing to pay

You adding views to some random video absolutely does not offset the cost of your usage through ads. Ads can make a surprising amount of money for a platform (upwards of 4 or 5 dollars a month per free user). Based on YouTube removing premium Lite, I think it’s actually very safe to assume that the consumption of free users is around that, so approximately $7 per month on average. Do you honestly think this would offset that cost in any universe?

It’s okay to want stuff for free. Just make sure you fully understand the consequences and don’t try to play it off like you’re the good guy.

Okay, let’s get rid of all ads and move to subscriptions across the entire internet. What a fantastic idea.

Whether you like their actions or not, they still have bills to pay

Gotta pay the bills somehow

“I’ll put in enough ads to actually support your usage habits and you can pay if you want to not deal with them”

Slur? That’s not a slur. Fuck outta here with that

My first “real” job (I used to work at McD’s and Walmart, barely three months each) was 120k a year as a software engineer. I left that job for 200k within six months and here I happily stay

I prefer clicking my tongue instead of pspspsps