> I've seen many posts on Reddit where people think they should be able to use a service like YouTube for free without ads I should be able to control my compu

> I've seen many posts on Reddit where people think they should be able to use a service like YouTube for free without ads I should be able to control my computer and choose what is displayed to me. > YouTube isn't free to run, and they offer an ad-free service that is reasonably priced for the value provided YT undercut their rivals and monopolised the market very early on, perhaps illegally, time may tell. I'm sure many users would happily watch their videos elsewhere with different business models and privacy policies but YT largely monopolises the ameteur video market, excluding video shorts like TikTok and it's simply not possible to watch a YT video somewhere else. If only there was a technology that would solve this problem (cough ActivityPub).