So long... I'll not be returning

Kodama@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com – 409 points –

I've used most available services, but discontinued one after another along with promises that a better user experience will be provided with reduced content and removed functionality with the slight price hike. YouTube was my first and last video service I paid for, only Spotify remains on the borderline.

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Why pay for that shit in the first place? Just use YouTube Revanced and install Sponsorblock while you're at it.

I believe one should pay for services/content to promote costumer needs, put your money where your mouth is. But people need to stop being obsessed to always see the latest and greatest movie, sports event, concert etc. The business model would fall and it would force change but that will not happen on this 3rd planet.

In this case I just wanted to remove ads the few times I opened the app without the hustle. Conviniance easily beats piracy, even quality will take a hit.

I pay for mullvad and Proton since I like the service they provide and I encourage people to do the same.

I know what you mean, but I refuse to throw money at Alphabet, when we're basically the tradegoods to them. They siphon and sell off all of our information. I'm not paying for that. If I like a creator, I'd rather pay for their Patreon and get some more benefits with that.

Plus, Revanced is way more convenient than the official YT app. You can customize the shit out of it.

I pay for 3 different streaming services because it's (still) more convenient than piracy. I pay for games because Steam and GoG are super convenient and they constantly have good deals. But fuck YT.

Same. I'm happy to pay for Patreons or other donation methods to creators I really like, but no way I'm giving a cent to the big tech monstrosities that have monopolized the Internet. They deserve nothing.

Sometimes you would pay for convenience.

In its golden years, I happily paid for Netflix because it had literally everything I wanted and it was easier than torrenting everything.

Yeah but NewPipe and ReVanced aren't torrenting. They're finished apps.

Some of us like to give back to the creators we watch in the easiest way possible while not seeing ads.

Well, you see my parents and grandparents don't understand the concept of ads fully, especially in case of YouTube Shorts. After a few instances of them sharing the ads, thinking they were regular content, i just got the family plan.