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I’ve got receipts from HBO, Amazon, Disney, Netflix, Curiosity Stream, and YouTube Premium that prove that wrong.

• smoldesu 3y ago
  Precisely to the point I made elsewhere in this thread: > Just don't pretend that you're funding a better world by buying the premium product - it's a bigger trick than advertisement itself. [0] I'm not going to play the "media companies are the bad guys" card, but they are rent collectors. All of them do this - they take your money, and then keep squeezing. The only way to avoid being manipulated is to not play the game in the first place. You still can (and should) fund the artists and creators you're fond of. The moment you agree to terms or a contract though, you've been made a business bitch. OpenAI is no different than the rest of them. Their Faustian bargain is worded a little differently, and the flowers on the table are a different color, but it's still the same shitshow. As a reminder, YouTube also launched without ads. Just you wait, the squeeze is coming. I guarantee it! [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35706083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35706083