• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The YouTube ad-blocker ban isn’t stupid at all.

    Something isn’t a bad business decision just because you don’t like it. That’s now how business works.

    “I won’t watch videos at all if I can’t view them without watching ads or paying money.”

    …Yeah. That’s the idea. From a business perspective people who don’t pay or view ads are leeches they’re perfectly happy to burn off.

      • Helluin@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        most people dont take issue with the fact that there is ads but with how intrusive they are.

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          1 year ago

          Idk browsing Lemmy often makes me think that many of these people expect software devs to literally work for free.

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            1 year ago

            And it costs nothing to host YouTube don’t youj know. We should have a foss version and get ride of it.

            I don’t think polel realize how much bandwidth and storage YouTube uses.

            • StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org
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              It’s called PeerTube. It’s getting more content, but anything that isn’t completely wacked out is poorly produced and there doesn’t seem to be any sort of decent search to find the rare interesting content.

              I caught the sarcasm, and don’t disagree. Just saying that a FOSS version does exist.