> The author doesn’t want ads but then doesn’t want to pay anything? How would anyone expect a video site to stream 4K video for free then? This, I think, spea

> The author doesn’t want ads but then doesn’t want to pay anything? How would anyone expect a video site to stream 4K video for free then? This, I think, speaks to the true tragedy of our freemium internet culture: users expect all services to be free of cost, free of nuisance, and heavily moderated and curated. Google and Facebook have come to dominate because they offer the best, or least worse, offerings in this regard; and their monopolistic role and ability to run services at a heavy loss has prevented meaningful competition.