Not having to futz with adblock on every different device I try to use, especially oddball devices like TVs or when using devices that aren’t mine
I haven't had to update my adblocker in over a year. I installed Ublock and sometimes I just forget it exists. I downloaded Smarttube on my Firestick and got it working in 5 minutes. Revanced on my phone took some fiddling, maybe a half hour or so, and now ad free on there too.
Imagine being so lazy that sending Google $15 a month instead of taking 30 minutes of your time to accomplish the same result.
Premium views pay creators several times more than regular views.
So does patreon, or whatever subscription service they use. Google pays them pennies for the dollars they keep from you. Not to mention sponsor skips still trigger their ad revenue, so even though you skip the ad block, they still get money. Neat, huh?
Youtube Music streaming included instead of having to pay for a separate subscription like Spotify.
QoBuz is just as good and you're not feeding money into dystoptia.
Just admit you're okay sending money to the problem instead of being a solution.
I'll load a video on my PC and it'll "buffer" for about 5-10 seconds, then play the video. I'll get that little pop-up of "experiencing Interruptions?"
If I have to wait 10 seconds to watch a 30 minute video ad free, I'll take it. Sure as hell beats the 30-60 seconds of ads before the video, and the in-video ads that you'll stick in the middle of a fucking sentence so I lose the context of what someone is saying.
I have ad blockers on my PC, use Smarttube on my Firestick, and ReVanced on my phone. And when someone sends me a youtube link in a group chat or something and I click it, it'll open the standard Youtube. 1/2 ads, 30+ seconds long, can't skip them.... I just don't even bother watching what you sent me.
I can't wait for the bot bubble to burst when these mega corporations end up spending more money on bots and losing revenue trying to pander to a non existent consumer base.
Apparently not at this convention.