• JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    And yet, despite everyone complaining, YouTube knows damn well no one is going to stop using their shit so they’ll continue to do whatever they want.

    Maybe people should just…. Stop using YouTube. That or don’t complain when they fuck over the content creators and users of their platform.

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              If you don’t use YouTube, you’re also screwing over the content creators you enjoy. You can cause harm to a company in many ways. Stop using a site prevents them from making money off of you. Preventing them from actively making money off of you while you’re still using the site actively takes money away from them. It is double sided sword because you’re also not actively supporting that content creator. However, if they don’t have another platform to post on, you can instead buy merch, donate, or simply help the algorithm boost their content by watching their content.

              I don’t disagree with you. YouTube should no longer be a viable business. Something else should step in and rival them. But since that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen, I’ll be happy running adblocks, and letting them not recoup their server and operation costs from me.

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                Imagine if- now bear with me… seriously, Imagine if…. everyone stopped using YouTube.

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            So… you’ll complain about, but use it anyway thereby supporting what they’re doing.

            Gotcha.

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      I’ll just use invidious, it’s a bit of a chore to use, but it’s increasingly worth it.