Personally i only use youtube to doomscroll “shorts” because I don’t have facebook, instagram or tik tok for that. It’s really no pleasure as such, but a good way to just turn wind down.
My main issue is that most of the information and knowledge that i used to get from reading blog posts, or forum threads, has become videos, with the majority of the content being irellevant
Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
I pay for premium in a group of 6. We pay like 6€ each and get YouTube Music on top.
People are too used to free stuff. The amount of bandwidth YouTube requires is absolutely mindboggingly huge and can’t possibly be profitable.
pir8t0x@lemmy.ml 7 minutes ago
Yeah, it’s generally not a profitable business. But not when people make accounts, use those accounts to watch content and also comment and like-dislike content. They track your every move. They’re an ad company and that’s how they make a profit. I would have paid a subscription for the service if they were a honest company and didn’t invade other people’s privacy without their permission.
Look man, there are a lot of ways to use YouTube and have a great experience. You don’t need to pay money to them just to have a good experience. Just use YouTube in Brave Browser or with an ad-block enabled 🤷 Well, just my suggestion. You’re free to do as you like
ptu@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
2024 Q3 Earnings release
Youtube ad revenue: 8,9 billion USD
Total profit from services: 30,9 billion USD
Yeah bandwidth is not that expensive
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
bandwidth should be nationalized as a public utility so people can compete easier tbh