• GaMEChld@lemmy.worldEnglish
    261·
    2 months ago

    This is correct, he both explained how ad blocking hurts creators, and how ultimately he doesn’t mind because purchasing merch is way more beneficial to them then the adsense money.

    All he was saying is do what you want to do but don’t pretend your actions don’t impact other people. Do it with open eyes if you’re going to do it.

    • AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.eeEnglish
      912·
      2 months ago

      To be clear, blocking ads isn’t directly denying anyone money. YouTube decides how video creators are paid and they choose to not pay if ads are blocked. You can agree or disagree with that decision, but the user has no role in it.

      Personally I think it’s shitty that YouTube can just refuse to pay for the content people create for them.

        • Unchanged3656@infosec.pubEnglish
          115·
          2 months ago

          I did not agree to anything. When I open the site they just start serving videos to me (even autoplay is activated by default). If they don’t want me to watch their videos without ads they should stop serving them to me (ie, put them behind a paywall)

        • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
          43·
          2 months ago

          Ownership implies a device should be controlled by the user. I don’t just mean not playing adverts but how about not recording my voice (or other data) to send it to Google servers for them to keep and exploit? You’re free to believe in this implied agreement but I doubt that’s in your best interests.

      • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
        106·
        2 months ago

        YouTube decides how video creators are paid and they choose to not pay if ads are blocked.

        So…this is YouTube’s fault because they chose not to be a charity? LOL that’s some gold-winning mental gymnastics right there.