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They can take it or they can leave it, because they must adapt or die.

• p1necone 5y ago
  You can pay for YouTube premium for no ads. You already get to choose between free, with ads or paid without. The "adaptation" you're calling for is what exactly? YouTube hosting and serving video content as a charity?
  • brokenmachine 5y ago
    I used to allow ads, but they've made their ads unbearable. If they work out how to stop me from blocking ads, I won't watch. It's that simple.
  • p1necone 5y ago
    My original comment was downvoted and is too old for me to edit. But I'm still curious. What do the people who disagree with me think YouTube should do? Is the issue that the ads are too intrusive? Are you uncomfortable with the tracking, but would be happy with the current 'pay to not see ads' if it wasn't for the tracking? When you just screech about YouTube being unnacceptable without actually explaining your issues in detail it just sounds to me like you want google to host a (very expensive for them) video sharing service without monetizing it at all, which is obviously an unrealistic demand (also, you should promote peertube - p2p seems like the way to make this happen).
    • netr0ute 5y ago
      > YouTube should do? Go the way of Digg or disappear entirely, because if you need ads to survive, then you don't have a very good website. The competitors like Rumble or BitChute or Odysee or PeerTube will fill in the gaps.