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You believe an appreciable number of people will stop using Youtube over this?
by dividedbyzero 5y ago
You believe an appreciable number of people will stop using Youtube over this?
- malka 5y agopeople wont complain imo, but a few will be lazy enough to not send their ID or put their card info
- guerrilla 5y agoIf they have to give over their CC number (which some people are reporting) maybe a significant numner will stop watching age restricted videos.
- Milner08 5y agoMy issue is there is no alternative. I dont want to stop watching or hurt particular creators (not that one person would make much difference, but I enjoy their content) and Youtube is the only option. Even supporting them on Patreon the videos they share are still hosted on youtube... what am I to do about that? For a few (LTT for example has Floatplane) there are alternatives, but there is no app for it to allow me to cast to the TV... so either way I am screwed. The world desperately needs a YouTube competitor. I would be quite happy with a service like Floatplane where I can pick which creators to support, so long as there is a sort of 'preview tier' to help discover new creators which is add based and maybe even time limited.
- throwaway3699 5y agoThe economics of it are not good. An ad-supported YouTube competitor won't be able to survive if early adopter ("techie" types) are all using adblockers.
- ttt0 5y agoI don't know how many, but I certainly will.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoI would be willing to bet far less than 1%