When you block ads on YouTube, the ads are deleted. This has the problem of not giving creators money, forcing you to actually spend $10/mo or whatever the average Patreon subscription is. What if there was an option for an ad to play in the background while a black rectangle covers the screen while temporarily muting the browser tab? (Since the ad still plays in the background, the creator still gets money, allowing you to be a freeloader) edit: peertube has no ads

  • TeaHands@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Views vary wildly between videos so I took my last year’s stats to average it out a bit. Looks like the answer is around 10p.

    • tko@tkohhh.socialEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Forgive me, I’m not super familiar with world currencies… is that 10 GBP?

        • tko@tkohhh.socialEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Ahhh that makes more sense… that’s about 0.13 USD. It’s interesting to me, because I would gladly pay that much per video (or more!) if it meant I didn’t have to watch ads.

          Of course that model doesn’t exactly lend itself to mindlessly clicking through videos (which is what Youtube wants). I know there are other video platforms out there… do you know of any that charge users per view?

          Thanks for doing the math!

          • TeaHands@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Honestly no idea, I don’t know much about alternative platforms at all. Only just started to look into other options myself!

            I’d never framed it in terms of price per view but I do love a good stat so no worries lol, was interesting.