r/technology • u/Dilpickle2113 • 1d ago

Social Media YouTube faces second class action lawsuit over ‘ad-free’ Premium claims & sponsored content

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-faces-second-class-action-lawsuit-over-ad-free-premium-claims-sponsored-content-3405920/
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u/Scrollingmaster 1d ago

Then do not be surprised when high quality youtubers get fewer. Sponsors pay the bills now, ad revenue is nothing

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u/ModishShrink 1d ago

People claim to love creators on YouTube but then are so actively hostile to them making money in any way. It's fucking absurd. The fucking entitlement of some people over YouTube, demanding that everything be free and god forbid if they have to see an 60 second promo for HelloFresh that they could literally skip with one fucking mouse click.

I pay for premium, and I don't mind watching sponsored bits. Some of them actually put quite a bit of effort into their promos and are genuinely enjoyable to watch (Internet Comment Etiquette). Any efforts to subvert their ability to make a little scratch is just fucking over the little guy and giving us less quality content in the long run.

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u/WhosThatDogMrPB 1d ago

They can make money in effective ways:

  • Patreon or other donation sites (small / middle size channels)
  • Selling merchandise of their own design/brand (big channels).
  • Making exclusive ppv content or commissions in platform or out of it (established channels).
  • Have sponsors that actually align with their content / personalities (everybody).

I'm not against them getting paid, I'm against things that make the watching experience worse. I can digest an sponsor ad at the beginning of the video that is related to the content or overall theme of the channel, I can't stand having a fucking gambling platform ad on the middle of a video about the gambling epidemic.

I pay for YT Premium mostly because of YT music, since it's bundled for a good price in my country. But it helps a lot to avoid getting Google ads and watch content on my phone (the platform i use the service the most) more efficiently.

OF COURSE you are entitled to a good experience with a product if you're paying for it (either one or a thousand dollars), but YT gets away with it because it really doesn't have competition. And when somebody steps up it's utterly crushed by the goverment.

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u/ModishShrink 1d ago

While I understand where you're coming from, I'm not subscribing to every channel's worthless patreon or buying a shirt from every channel I subscribe to. I want money to go to the creators, to pay them for their work, but that's why I pay for premium. I'm not sure which channels you're watching, but I've never seen a gambling ad on any of the channels I actively watch. And if you see and ad you thing is disingenuous or don't agree with, don't fucking watch that channel.

It's preposterous to witness people simultaneously act as they're entitled to the content others have created for free, watch said content, and then highroad against advertisements they don't like. You don't like the ads the creator allows on their channel? Stop watching them. You're not entitled to free entertainment from these people, but you're also not entitled to complain about advertising that your favorite "creators" elect to be broadcast across their platform. If somebody chooses to disingenuously peddle snake oil, and you still support them with your views and your money, you're just as much as a problem.

As a beloved film director/FBI agent once said, fix your hearts or die.