YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
  • nighty@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    They have really gone all out on the whole enshittification process during the past couple of years, haven’t they?

  • waspentalive@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    As fill-in ads are a vector for computer viruses and other malware I for one will NOT be disabling my ad blocker unless YouTube is willing to provide a lifetime subscription to something like Life Lock and make me whole for anything lost to whatever malware arrives as a part of an ad.

    Where else can I watch sci-show, Linus-tech-tips, and all the other channels I subscribe to?

  • dan@lemm.eeEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    Then I’m going to begin not fucking watching YouTube.

    • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      There is a federated version of YouTube…

      But storing video is a massive challenge, way harder than dealing with a Lemmy or Mastodon instance.

  • Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.caEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    We did the Twitter to Mastodon migration. Now we are doing the Reddit to Lemmy/kbin migration. When are we doing the YouTube to Peertube migration?

    • Libre Extremist@lemmy.mlEnglish
      01·
      2 years ago

      That’s impossible or at least very difficult, right now. Video content is very expensive. LBRY is the only feasible option.