RE: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/115915908299552986
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What is the best noncorporate streaming site you enjoy?
Some caveats: I use a hardened browser (up to date add-blocking, etc) I don't use for other things.
Fnd the IMDB code for the movie or series.
For movies:
vsrc dot su slash embed slash imbcodeFor series:
vsrc dot su slash embed slash imbcode slash season-number - episode-number
The top level domain sometimes changes.
Example: Little Demon with Aubry Plaza and Danny DeVito
vsrc dot su slash embed slash tt12198014 slash 1-1
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youTube “premium” is the only corporate streaming service I pay for and it’s to avoid the ads. (I also do nebula but I never watch it-) It sounds like it’s gotten worse.
I think maybe I should cancel youTube too since I feel angst paying google, and they treat creators so terribly. I make a ton of direct donations. If a creator has fewer than 50k subscribers I send $20. I spend about $300 a month this way.
$300 a month sounds like a lot — but if more people accounted for all of their streaming subscriptions I think it’s pretty normal.
If we could get 1% of streaming subscribers to switch to paying creators directly like this? It would have a transformational impact on the media landscape.
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youTube “premium” is the only corporate streaming service I pay for and it’s to avoid the ads. (I also do nebula but I never watch it-) It sounds like it’s gotten worse.
I think maybe I should cancel youTube too since I feel angst paying google, and they treat creators so terribly. I make a ton of direct donations. If a creator has fewer than 50k subscribers I send $20. I spend about $300 a month this way.
@futurebird @david_chisnall freetube is a wonderful tool
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youTube “premium” is the only corporate streaming service I pay for and it’s to avoid the ads. (I also do nebula but I never watch it-) It sounds like it’s gotten worse.
I think maybe I should cancel youTube too since I feel angst paying google, and they treat creators so terribly. I make a ton of direct donations. If a creator has fewer than 50k subscribers I send $20. I spend about $300 a month this way.
@futurebird
Firefox with the ublock add-on gets you around the youtube ads for free. And all other ads as well. I haven't seen an ad on my computer or phone in years. -
@futurebird
Firefox with the ublock add-on gets you around the youtube ads for free. And all other ads as well. I haven't seen an ad on my computer or phone in years.@CedarTea @futurebird i do this too, ads are not allowed to set foot in my home. my own home!
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youTube “premium” is the only corporate streaming service I pay for and it’s to avoid the ads. (I also do nebula but I never watch it-) It sounds like it’s gotten worse.
I think maybe I should cancel youTube too since I feel angst paying google, and they treat creators so terribly. I make a ton of direct donations. If a creator has fewer than 50k subscribers I send $20. I spend about $300 a month this way.
@futurebird @david_chisnall I use YouTube ads as a motivator to watch more nebula instead
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youTube “premium” is the only corporate streaming service I pay for and it’s to avoid the ads. (I also do nebula but I never watch it-) It sounds like it’s gotten worse.
I think maybe I should cancel youTube too since I feel angst paying google, and they treat creators so terribly. I make a ton of direct donations. If a creator has fewer than 50k subscribers I send $20. I spend about $300 a month this way.
Seems like every easy way to compensate artists, billionaires start taking everyone's lunch money
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youTube “premium” is the only corporate streaming service I pay for and it’s to avoid the ads. (I also do nebula but I never watch it-) It sounds like it’s gotten worse.
I think maybe I should cancel youTube too since I feel angst paying google, and they treat creators so terribly. I make a ton of direct donations. If a creator has fewer than 50k subscribers I send $20. I spend about $300 a month this way.
@futurebird @david_chisnall You don't need Premium to avoid ads - just a decent adblocker. I haven't seen a single YT ad in like two decades.
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RE: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/115915908299552986
I think the results of this poll are important. I suspected that #YouTube was the primary way that people on the fediverse watch video and that seems to be true.
Can someone conduct a similar poll over on #bluesky I would guess YouTube and "other corporate" will both grow and the last two options will shrink.
(I might make the poll with my alt account over there, but I don't think many people see it.)
@futurebird I'm with team "Don't watch much," especially since Youtube and other commercial started to have annoying ads.
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@futurebird @david_chisnall You don't need Premium to avoid ads - just a decent adblocker. I haven't seen a single YT ad in like two decades.
what browsers do you use?
