「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 hours agoWhat's stopping youtube from just going full authoritarian and mandate DRM for all their videos in attempt to prevent people from downloading it or block ads?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-squareWhat's stopping youtube from just going full authoritarian and mandate DRM for all their videos in attempt to prevent people from downloading it or block ads?「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 hours agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·7 hours agoSame reason Microsoft or Adobe do not stop piracy. They want to create friction that pushes people to pay, but if they fully blocked adblockers then it could create an impetus for a competitor to become popular.
minus-squareShirasho@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·7 hours agoAnd then you have companies like Google who are going all in on adblocking because that is their entire revenue stream.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 hours agoOnly enough to make the average user comply. Again, enough friction.
Same reason Microsoft or Adobe do not stop piracy. They want to create friction that pushes people to pay, but if they fully blocked adblockers then it could create an impetus for a competitor to become popular.
And then you have companies like Google who are going all in on adblocking because that is their entire revenue stream.
Only enough to make the average user comply.
Again, enough friction.
The original post is about Google