Technology

I know it sounds a little silly to blame this on one person, but honestly think it’s Elon’s fault.

A bunch of tech-bro CEO types idolize him and are jealous - thinking he is cool for getting to “say whatever he wants” to the public, his detractors - Hell… even the SEC… and he “gets away with it.”

Not only that, but he has gotten to present to cheering crowds on stage for companies people still mistakenly think Elon both founded and runs single-handedly like Tesla and SpaceX… and he has been positively referenced and guest appeared over the past decade in Marvel films and other “cool” pop culture like South Park and Rick & Morty.

…And so when Elon just said “fuck you” publicly to a bunch of his workers by firing a bunch of them… The Elon wannabes loved it.

Worse - they are influenced by his actions. Some have even openly said it.

So not only do people like spez go and fuck over their devs, their users, and advertisers… but the folks at the heads of lots of companies are doing the same. For example - and I don’t know if it was mentioned here but - Plex recently fired like 20% of their workforce.

Interest rates. This bursts the bubble.

Costs are going up, investment is wising up.

Easy money pipeline has been cut off, makes sense we're all seeing this kind of thing at the same time when you consider it from the POV of the investors bankrolling these companies.

The venture capital free money train is gone and they're realizing their revenue models make zero sense.

I pay for it since I use it pretty often on my tv. I’ve gotten rid of other subscriptions to cover the cost. I use YouTube fairly often. My kid watches it on tv and I didn’t want him inundated with ads.

I feel like they forced me to pay though. I’d put on a show for my kid and 3 minutes in, there would be a 2 hour ad that played something completely different and pushed bullshit ads in front of him. I couldn’t subject him to that and there really isn’t an alternative.

Revanced Manager for phones. SmartTubeNext for TVs.

For anyone reading who’s curious about iOS options, using Yattee with your Invidious or Piped instance of choice is a good way to go!

Even with a TV there are options. I know Android/Google TV and LG WebOS both have apps available to sideload.

Care to share iOS tips for the uninitiated?

Also check out ReVanced. It's great.

That’s where I’m at. I use it regularly for learning new things and for entertainment, so I don’t mind paying for it, and getting rid of ads while supporting creators is perfectly fine with me.

I don't have a problem with them charging for the service. But they keep raising it dramatically over and over. You're paying $15 a month to watch content a YouTube creator is getting 25 cents to create. If they wanted to charge $9.99 a month for a family plan I'd be all about it. At the prices they're charging there are services running full blown movie houses

Same, YouTube is the first app I go to when turning on my tv

I pirate EVERYTHING I watch... except for YouTube. I gladly pay that.

Yup happy to pay what I pay for youtube premium and youtube music, totally worth it for both!

Maybe I could find it expensive if it was only one service

• No ads
• Creators get more money than from ads
• YouTube is less dependent on advertisers
• You can get it in a bundle with YouTube music It's not that bad of a deal. Music and YouTube are the two pieces of media I consume most, so it makes sense for me.

I kinda wanted to for awhile because I'd much prefer to have a service like that be paid instead of driven by ads, but it's getting harder to do that with how they're operating.

I don't pay specifically for YouTube with no ads, that's just a nice bonus, the primary reason is YouTube Music which is amazing.

Same. Hope it lasts

All Google domains are transferring to SquareSpace, and you get 1 renewal at the old rate before SquareSpace can charge you whatever they want.

I saw the switchblade comb, even without animation.

I'm a subscriber and received no such notification. This is the first I'm hearing of it.