A Boring Dystopia

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Youtube stopped working for me today when using uBlock Origin in Firefox or Vivaldi with anti-ad enabled. (lemmy.world)

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I’d pay for it if they didn’t overcharge so much. Their content is provided to them for free, but they charge more than Netflix to distribute it. Fuck that.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

But in theory they're paying for that content out of Premium subscriptions.

Probably not enough, but that's supposed to be part of what it's for.

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

YouTube ad tier: $0
Netflix ad tier: $6.99
YouTube premium: $13.99
Netflix standard: $15.49

Huge caveats incoming.

They don't charge more than Netflix, but most of their content is definitely provided to them for free. On top of that, most of YouTube's original content is behind their premium subscription paywall. I tried to see how many of their originals shows are actually viewable with their ad tier and it's hard to pin down a number. My speculation is it doesn't matter because either so few people are willing to pay for premium or their originals aren't very marketable. Off the top of my head I'd heard of exactly one YouTube original.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Netflix lowest ad-free price was $9.99 until three days ago.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/2/24190632/netflix-ad-free-basic-plan-discontinued

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I should've specified I was citing Netflix's current US pricing https://help.netflix.com/en/node/24926 and YouTube's current US pricing https://www.youtube.com/premium.

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oh thanks I was looking at old information.

EDIT: I realized now you're just giving supplemental old info.