3 ms·
Sub to what? Their search engine? I’d rather use DDG most days without Google trying to charge me. To something like YouTube? How is YouTube Red going?
by IntronExon 9y ago
Sub to what? Their search engine? I’d rather use DDG most days without Google trying to charge me. To something like YouTube? How is YouTube Red going?
- twothamendment 9y agoYouTube what? I guess I just made your point.
- voltagex_ 9y agoCounterpoint: I subbed to YouTube Red because I watch hours of content per week (pretty much replaced all OTA TV for me) and I didn't want to see ads any more.
- skybrian 9y agoSearch engine + maps + docs. Yes, there are others (just like there are alternatives to Amazon) but my bet is that most people would rather pay than switch. (That's entirely speculative on my part, but I don't think a few people preferring DDG is a compelling argument. There are alternatives to Amazon Prime too.)
- IntronExon 9y agoYou’re not really pretending that Prime isn’t first and foremost, about shipping products, right? Google exists because people are slow to associate non-monetary costs with their services. I mean, I think Bing is a bad joke, but Google erecting a paywall would be a gift to MS, and Apple. Fortunately I can’t believe that anyone at Google believes more than a fraction of a fraction of their current user base would pay.
- gaius 9y agoWhen I heard about YouTube Red I honestly believed YouTube had bought Redtube