No, you love the creators you watch. Youtube, as a google company, created a businessmodel out of stealing data/private information and selling it to the highest bidder. I use newpipe, i never see ads but if i have a creator i want to support i send them money as direct as possible without middlemen (direct donations during livestreams for example). i pay the creator for their work. If google wouldn't violate my human dignity by shoving a camera up my ass 24/7 i might consider giving them money to run their servers but as long as they try to make me a product they won't see money nor data from me

If money could stop things from enshitifying, there would be very few shitty things on the planet.

If everybody on the planet subscribed to YouTube premium they would still become enshittified.

Even with 8 billion monthly subscriptions at $10 a month or more, Google would raise the prices and provide less service.

They would do whatever they have to do whatever they can do to extract the most amount of money they possibly can out of the product.

This is not just because Google is a shit company, this is because greed knows no bounds. The only way for a company to stop being enshitified is for the company from the top down to be radically opposed to enshittification.

Only a good King can stop enshittification.

There are no good Kings in Google.

Sorry, but I'll pay for it when they stop spying on everything I do. And worse, is that they make it intentionally bad when you turn off suggestions.

sounds like propaganda

Fuck google and the horse it rode in on. Never paying them a single red cent. They already make bank selling my data.

Fuck em with a cactus.

I'm still annoyed at the removal of google play music. I want to just buy tracks or albums, instead of a subscription, and just own a flac/mp3/music file I can do anything with.

I rip cds now, and feel 0 guilt for that even though its illegal here because quite frankly the artists are getting more money this way.

Let me just share a few FOSS apps that are arguably better than their official google counterparts.

For YouTube: Libretube, NewPipe

For YouTube Music: InnerTune, ViMusic

And, not open source, but if you want to support the creators (and artists) you like, buy merch. YouTube doesn't get a cut of the merch sales to my knowledge.

YouTube, removes downvote count, and implements shitty start up noise that I can't disable, and raises price. Then wonders why I don't want to pay for that shit.

Let them sell my data that they're tracking, it should cover the costs.

ReVanced is the way.

Enshittification is not a thing that will be slowed if only we just pay Google more. It's a well-honed business strategy. Nobody in their right mind would stop their plans just because people start paying them more, voluntarily.

Just use ReVanced

I'm no bootlicker

ublock origin on my PC works amazing. I forget yt has ads most of the time. If web drm becomes a thing I'll hopefully have a pinhole in front of my traffic by then

You've found quite the hornets nest, it seems.

I pay for premium because YouTube does video delivery better than anyone else in the world, and it's not free for them to provide. Lots of things to hate about YouTube/Alphabet, but theft is a corrupt way of expressing discontentment.

Also, if I pay for premium, then content creators get paid, and I don't have to shell out for merch to not feel like a terrible person.

Google will never see a single cent from me! (besides when i buy my next pixel because they are actually kinda worth the money)

I'd rather click two buttons than give them my card information and send them money, but ok.

Creators also earn way more from Premium views than ad views.

I have no problem with services being ad-supported, and I also have no problem with them charging for a premium ad-free option.

Got a new phone and number.

Wanted to log into YouTube.

Had to wait a month to get the verification email because google is a shitshow when it comes to security.

Ended up never using google products since then ever again.

I will never pay or use proprietary user subjugating software/ services

K.

A little VPN to Argentina does wonders for the bank balance. I don’t mind paying but I refuse to pay extortionate amounts.