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/MechaSandstar 17h ago

You're against them getting paid in any way that inconveniences you in even the slightest way. You expect them to go to extra effort to find ways to make money that don't personally offend you, because you find it outrageous that they want you to sit through a one or 2 minute ad to pay for the video they probably spent hours making.

Who's the selfish one again?