Was trying to watch something about a gun that I was looking at in a forum, and the link led to a youtube video that wouldn’t play.

I was puzzled, but then I noticed that the video said it was for members only. I was perplexed, and I subscribed to the channel, but obviously that’s not what it meant. I needed to be some sort of paid member to view the video.

I guess we’re in the stages of the internet where things that were once free, and a sort of wild west as it were, like youtube, are becoming so monetized that eventually I just won’t have to worry about wasting time watching youtube because there is no way that I’m buying a subscription just to watch short form factor videos.

Anybody else experienced this?

  • zinklog@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Yep one of the videon in my playlist was suddenly members only. Fortunately it wasn’t anything special but a worrying sign of things to come.

    Interestingly, it seems it’s been in the works since 2019.

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      1 year ago

      I had no idea- this is easily the most disheartening news I’ve heard regarding youtube. Maybe it will help kill my addiction to it