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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] TheControlled@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I have it and enjoy it. It pays the creators and I don't see ads. So don't speak for me, please. Also, you need a reality check on what actually matters in life.

[–] spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's crazy how people advocate for a free (as in freedom) internet with as much privacy as you want, then in the same breath tell you how they're entitled to content without paying.

[–] PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A lot of channels exist as a natural extension of an already existing business. I'm not going to support Google and the mass dregs that create clickbait garbage and predatory content that takes advantage of the algorithm in order to make as much money from ads as possible.

Not all content deserves to be monetized. Google isn't entitled to make money by simply hosting reaction videos and hyperbolic political commentary.

[–] dmrzl@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"simply hosting"

You sir don't have the slightest idea of what an immense operation "simply hosting" those videos is.

[–] PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

I also don't gaf. If YouTube wants to host a pile of garbage then that's on them. I'm not paying for it.

[–] spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of channels exist as a natural extension of an already existing business

I don't know what that means

I'm not going to support Google and the mass dregs that create clickbait garbage and predatory content that takes advantage of the algorithm in order to make as much money from ads as possible.

Then pay and show Google that their business model needs to change. If you pay, then their incentive is not to maximize watch time, which is probably why you have a lot of clickbait trash. Or don't watch YouTube.

Google isn't entitled to make money by simply hosting reaction videos and hyperbolic political commentary.

And you aren't entitled to watch videos without ads and without paying. Choose one.

[–] PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll watch the videos I want to watch without watching ads and without paying and no amount of fuckery is going to stop me.

[–] spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fine just know that this is entitled behavior and you're just perpetuating the ad-block ad-block-redtector rat race.

[–] PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Just know that creating and hosting content and expecting to be paid for it is entitled behavior. It's no different than panhandling.

[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

Google isn't entitled to make money by simply hosting reaction videos and hyperbolic political commentary.

This just in: man thinks storage, computing power, and bandwidth is free!

[–] weedazz@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I do the same. It's the main way I watch tv. Not just to support the content creators, but also as a way to aggregate all my "mainstream" interests in one place. From one app on my TV I can catch up on sports highlights, late night comedy clips, and my favorite music festivals, back to back ad free. And that was just last night

[–] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Same, the value I get from it through YouTube Music is significant. It's also barely more expensive than Spotify in my region so it's a no-brainer.

Though I still use ReVanced to get SponsorBlock and other UI fixes.

[–] SnipingNinja 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, YouTube has issues (dislike removal, demonetization policies, etc) but premium is not as bad as people treat it.

I would actually be even more bullish on it if premium disregarded any demonetization of videos (edit: in terms of paying creators for the view)

Edit: also I would wish any data collected from premium users is limited to improving the user experience and not for improving ads

[–] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Edit: also I would wish any data collected from premium users is limited to improving the user experience and not for improving ads

True. I think the only "data" they get from us for that purpose are their exclusive beta features, and even that is voluntary and not very common

[–] disconnectikacio@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, it isnt pays. You pay to google with your data, and your money too. And later you will pay in same way for gmail, search, etc... shearing <--🐑🐑🐑🐑