• macrocephalic@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    If you watch ads instead of paying a modest fee to remove them then you’re a clown. Companies do need to make money for the services they provide, I just disagree with the amount.

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      5 months ago

      “Modest?” $14 a month? $5 would be modest. I literally pay less for whole as streaming services.

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        5 months ago

        I’d probably pay $5, and I’d certainly pay $2-3. But I don’t watch enough to justify $10+/month.

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        5 months ago

        If you watch enough youtube per month to see an hour of ads and you can’t block ads for some reason, you may actually be losing time/money by not paying the subscription. That said, there are ad blockers for almost every platform so it shouldn’t be too difficult to find one that works.

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            5 months ago

            That was my comment about the amount that should be charged. I’ll happily pay $5/mo, but not $15. I’m happy to pay for services, just not the amount that many want to charge.

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      5 months ago

      They make enough off of all my data they collect. I’m not paying them a cent for anything and I’m not watching a single ad. If you want to watch ads for shareholders, you are most definitely a clown.