Sure, but I don’t have endless cash to subscribe to everyone’s patreons, etc. So I go this way, or, I just don’t contribute at all, because it’s financially not feasible for me to do that.
I’d rather give money more directly to content creators that deserve it. If they actually care, they’ll have ways to do so. I support a few on patreon or similar service for about $5/mo and that goes a lot further than handing youtube the money. Honestly at this point, “supporting creators” is just an excuse.
That was my thought before I stopped giving money to American companies.
Another huge perk was the ability to add YouTube videos to music playlists for those odd songs that were never officially published.
Same, the pricing and experience was similar but ad free YouTube was enough of an incentive to get me to swap
“ad-free youtube”
Weird, my YouTube is always ad free, and I can skip sponsored content. Without paying a cent.
Ad blockers and sponsor block for desktop, and a revanced modified version of the youtube app and I haven’t seen a YouTube ad in several years.
Sure, I do this too, as well as pay for YouTube Premium, bc some of that goes back to the creators I watch every day 🤷♀️
It’s ublock origin + patreon for me, no doubt a much larger % goes to the creator that way
Really? You patreon every creator you watch? How many creators is that?
I Patreon the creators I’d be sad to see stop or change for monetary reasons, which is only 3 of them
The ones that are worth it and need support have their own ways to donate money to them, usually through a patron-like service.
$1/mo directly does a lot more than paying a company that is actively working on a late stage capitalism surveillance state.
Sure, but I don’t have endless cash to subscribe to everyone’s patreons, etc. So I go this way, or, I just don’t contribute at all, because it’s financially not feasible for me to do that.
Same, I might get YouTube premium tho to support the creators a bit
I’d rather give money more directly to content creators that deserve it. If they actually care, they’ll have ways to do so. I support a few on patreon or similar service for about $5/mo and that goes a lot further than handing youtube the money. Honestly at this point, “supporting creators” is just an excuse.
That was my thought before I stopped giving money to American companies. Another huge perk was the ability to add YouTube videos to music playlists for those odd songs that were never officially published.
A program like Musify scrapes the audio from YouTube videos. Lets you enjoy the music and availability without paying Googles
I use an alternate frontend to YouTube - PipePipe, and I see no ads and can listen to the audio with my phone locked.
I also use a FOSS music app called Musify that scrapes the audio off of YouTube videos. I can download the audio too.
Point is, don’t give Google money if you don’t have to!