• cole@lemdro.id
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    16 hours ago

    nothing wrong with that.

    you support the people you watch without having to see ads. also, comes with YT music.

    it’s a pretty good deal

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      15 hours ago

      But then you end up giving Google even more information compared to using it logged out.

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          8 hours ago

          Yeah, but having a Google account, tying payment to it, and having viewing history all tied to it is even worse. There’s a reason Microsoft wants people to use an account on their OS is tying stuff like extended support to it because a dedicated profile is still more reliable and accurate than trying to rely solely on finger printing.

          One is so good you don’t even need to try to finger print because you already did all the work for them logging in.

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          10 hours ago

          It also monetarily feed into the youtube network effect of there being no other viable options. Maybe youtube becoming completely unprofitable for creators is a necessary evil so there becomes less and less incentive to put content there.

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            1 hour ago

            I mean yeah if everyone would coordinate. We’re such a small minority on here it doesn’t really do anything on its own. If we got the creators themselves onboard…

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      15 hours ago

      And the paying user average revenue for creators is higher than ad users. At least it was when I last looked.

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        14 hours ago

        Tipping your creators 5€/month or smth is even better. No google, Amazon in between, no charges…

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          14 hours ago

          yeah except if I watch a random video from somebody they wouldn’t get any money with this method.

          I can’t afford to give everyone 5€ per month