YouTube's been rolling out AI-based age estimation and collecting sensitive information to confirm users' age. I'm not into it.
    • cole@lemdro.idEnglish
      5922·
      4 months 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

            • cole@lemdro.idEnglish
              3·
              4 months 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…

            • PurpleClouds@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              4 months ago

              I agree. All I am saying that in the limit where we all use services that respect privacy and stay away from big tech, we still have a major issue that we currently don’t have a solution for and is very hard to avoid or eliminate completely.

      • no banana@piefed.worldEnglish
        71·
        4 months ago

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

        • Lucy :3@feddit.orgEnglish
          61·
          4 months ago

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

          • cole@lemdro.idEnglish
            132·
            4 months 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

          • joelfromaus@aussie.zoneEnglish
            1·
            4 months ago

            So I’d be paying roughly $500/m + all of the random videos I watch wouldn’t see any of that.

            Edit: This reminded me that I can check how much I use it. I’ve been a YT Prem member since 2019.

    • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      17·
      4 months ago

      I mean, people pay for Netflix or Amazon or whatever, why is YouTube different? It’s my primary video platform and I watch more than 50 hours a week (I’m low balling that number to hell as well).

      While paying is more convenient for me than breaking their shit, I’ll pay. Also means creators actually get paid for my views as well