• Margot Robbie@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’m not cheap, I’m frugal, there is a difference.

    Paying Google for them to stop shoving ads in my face doesn’t feel like a good purchase and I don’t want to support that kind of behavior, and I’m smart enough to use uBlock Origin and ReVanced (Little bit of a struggle though.)

    It’s more about principle than anything else.

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      1 year ago

      @[email protected] As a creative on strike I would have thought you would have felt some solidarity with the content creators who make 50% of the ad revenue you are withholding from them by blocking ads.

      I pay for premium because I can’t stand ads but I do want to support creators with a share of my subscription, even though I know it is less than they would have made if I watched the ads. I thought maybe you would feel the same given you aren’t hurting for money either.

      I know it is not a perfect system, but I do appreciate the content creators I watch enough to want them get payed. I subscribe to Nebula too for this reason, though I admit I should use it more.

      @[email protected]

      • Margot Robbie@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Have you watched the ending of that movie? Refusing to participate in a broken system is always an option.

        If you would like to support your favorite creators, buying their merchandise or donating to them would be far more effective.