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Locast wouldn't let you watch over 15 mins before interrupting you to donate. Then you would need to exit out and join the channel back. To remove this you had
by midwestemo 5y ago
Locast wouldn't let you watch over 15 mins before interrupting you to donate. Then you would need to exit out and join the channel back. To remove this you had to donate around $5/mo AFAIK when I used it last time. So it wasn't really "non-profit"
- banana_giraffe 5y agoOddly enough, yesterday Locast thought removing this interruption was good enough for them to ride out this storm. Then today they shut down. I'd be curious to know what changed in 24 hours.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoPerhaps their accountants saw how much of their budget was eaten up by bandwidth costs and concluded they couldn't stay afloat without donations.
- salamandersauce 5y agoNon-profit just means they don't make a profit. Not free. I imagine serving a bunch of video over the net is not free.
- commandlinefan 5y agoWell, the judges ruling says the opposite.