• Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Imagine being me and paying for premium and using ublock + revanced.

    At the end of the day, I think I get 10 dollars in value a month, and I know hosting data isn’t free.

    Edit: Right after I submitted I read the comment before me. Sorry about saying the exact same thing again 😅

    • EpicVision@monero.town
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      9 months ago

      I wouldn’t ever give Google a single penny. Instead, I pay for Nebula, allowing me to watch high quality videos and documentaries while supporting indie creators. And it’s just $5/month.

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          9 months ago

          It’s definitely worth it. And it’s better to help independent creators instead of giving money to Google or other shady big tech companies.

      • acceptable_pumpkin@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Not enough content on Nebula. I subscribed because of a couple YouRubers I follow, but there’s just not much there (at least that I watch).

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          9 months ago

          These are some Nebula creators I like

          • TLDR News (and their other channels)
          • NileRed
          • PolyMatter
          • ColdFusion
          • TechAltar
          • Ali Abdaal
          • Thomas Frank
          • Wendover Productions
          • RealLifeLore
          • Climate Town
          • Half as Interesting
          • Real Engineering
          • BobbyBroccoli
          • EposVox
          • Not Just Bikes

          I still occasionally use YouTube, but much less than before. I also enjoy Odysee and PeerTube. Grayjay is an amazing Android app to manage all these streaming platforms in one central place.

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            9 months ago

            Thanks for the list! I actually got nebula because of RealLifeLore and Wendover. I’ve since subscribed to TLDR News and Real Engineering so I’ll have to give the other creators on your list a view.

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        9 months ago

        I’m interested. It’s a real shame they just paywall the entire app and don’t give you a chance to explore what’s there a little.

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      9 months ago

      Thank you for being this way.

      I think platform greed is awful, but I think consumer greed is something that largely goes unacknowledged.

      Even though I’ve been ‘over’ the genre for more than a decade, I still buy Japanese shmups when they appear on Steam - at one time they could only be found on obscure JP Warez sites, forget legally here. I do it out of a sense of something owed for past joy, and never play the Steam ver.

      I’m also hypocritical to a degree. I can only afford to support so much and I don’t pay for everything, just what I would have paid for anyways. Perhaps there is some self-satisfying logic built in there lol