boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoYouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block adswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square309fedilinkarrow-up1546arrow-down119
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minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·3 months agoWhat would be terrifying about it?
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·3 months agoYeah, I don’t see what’s terrifying. Countries can make laws, if YouTube wants to operate in that market it has to follow the laws there.
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months ago‘oh no youtube cant make advertisers money while putting kids in a far right conspiracy rabbit hole how scary’
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down12·3 months agoOn the surface it sounds like a gross overreach of government.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoA government that hates ads as much as I do. Truly a nightmare scenario
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down10·3 months agoTrust me, I hate them also. But they also fund a lot of great things. And there are ways to have ads that are not invasive or omnipresent.
What would be terrifying about it?
Yeah, I don’t see what’s terrifying. Countries can make laws, if YouTube wants to operate in that market it has to follow the laws there.
‘oh no youtube cant make advertisers money while putting kids in a far right conspiracy rabbit hole how scary’
On the surface it sounds like a gross overreach of government.
A government that hates ads as much as I do. Truly a nightmare scenario
Trust me, I hate them also. But they also fund a lot of great things. And there are ways to have ads that are not invasive or omnipresent.