For now. Google is clearly experimenting with baking ads into the delivered video streams, YT Premium members get served different endpoints already in preparation.
that’s a problem too, but the discussion was about interacting with google. fuck them for showing ads down our throats, but at least they don’t know who watches the video (when using a proxy like invidious), and so they can’t build a profile of you, and they can’t bombard you with tailored manipulative ads either, just something possibly totally irrelevant.
Google is clearly experimenting with baking ads into the delivered video streams, YT Premium members get served different endpoints already in preparation.
Enshittification is guaranteed even for the paid tier.
Maybe there’ll be silver, gold and platinum memberships next. How long til you realize you’ve been had?
For now. Google is clearly experimenting with baking ads into the delivered video streams, YT Premium members get served different endpoints already in preparation.
that’s a problem too, but the discussion was about interacting with google. fuck them for showing ads down our throats, but at least they don’t know who watches the video (when using a proxy like invidious), and so they can’t build a profile of you, and they can’t bombard you with tailored manipulative ads either, just something possibly totally irrelevant.
also. if you want to watch youtube on teevee on normal hardware, you are pretty much paying for premium…
Enshittification is guaranteed even for the paid tier.
Maybe there’ll be silver, gold and platinum memberships next. How long til you realize you’ve been had?