| ▲ | manquer 5 days ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> View counts are for monetization Agree, however view counts, i.e. metrics tracked by YT, or by sponsors,creators in fancy dashboards isn't the view counter we are shown and nobody is questioning how those are implemented. The View Counter means very specific UI component in YT interface shown to regular users. > view counter isn't for you Disagree, View counter is a important decision making input along with the thumbnail, title and duration of the video on if a user will click on the video to watch them. It is in effect an advertisement for the video. If that wasn't the case, then YouTube wouldn't be showing them in every list view and next to every thumbnail. When the numbers no longer represent what the users think they represent I would say it is not far from false advertising. A fair amount of people on here and I have both YT Premium and also use some adblocker, should our views be counted or not according to this point of view? . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Braxton1980 5 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I'm so glad other people here pay for premium because on Tiktok and Reddit a common joke is how few people pay for YT. My Verizon cell phone plan offers it at a slightly discounted $10 a month. For a completely ad free (ads from Youtube) experience it's well worth it considering how many car and tech videos I watch. It also offers a higher bitrate 1080p option on some videos which is a cherry on top. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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