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No one is forcing YouTube to operate, at a loss or otherwise. They can stop any time they want. If YouTube disappeared tomorrow it would arguably the best thin
by dkjaudyeqooe 3y ago
No one is forcing YouTube to operate, at a loss or otherwise. They can stop any time they want.
If YouTube disappeared tomorrow it would arguably the best thing that happened to internet video since its inception. You can only imagine the variety of services that would spring up, maybe a standard way of finding and viewing videos would emerge.
People don't realise how damaging (essential) monopolies are, abusive or not.
- missedthecue 3y agoCountering adblock is one way Google is "stopping loss-making operations any time they want". And everyone here is behaving like pissy 6 year olds in response
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoAnd adblocking will just counter them back. By your standards, Google is acting even more juvenile. It will not defeat or reduce adblocking and will likely alienante paying customers. It's less than pointless.