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If YT only live streams content, content caching services will strip out the ads, and play with a delay. Youtube will never monetise tech savvy users and shoul

If YT only live streams content, content caching services will strip out the ads, and play with a delay. Youtube will never monetise tech savvy users and should just stop trying. We only need to be slipperier than the average gazelle and the lions will never catch us.

gretch 3y ago
> content caching services will strip out the ads, and play with a delay. To achieve this, you’ll need computation, storage, and bandwidth on the scale of YouTube. Do you think whoever offers that service will do so without ads or payment? Your whole scheme is based on hoping “kind” and knowledgeable volunteers do free labor for you. Good luck. I for one am tech savvy and am happy to pay $20 for the ad free service. Pretty reasonable trade if you ask me.
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- fayalalebrun 3y ago
  If you play with a delay, then why would you need any more storage than what is required to play a single video? Personally I would not pay any amount to Google, as I believe it is unethical to support such a company. Google has a monopoly in several markets, to the point of being an unavoidable part of our lives. No single company should have that much power. Especially since due to its nature as a for-profit corporation, Google's interests are at odds with yours.
  - JAlexoid 3y ago
    I have a great solution in that case - just block all Google's services and don't use them. Just don't complain when more and more IT news publications put up a paywall, because ad revenue isn't enough to pay your salary. As for myself - most of my subscription price goes to the creators and I'm happy with that.
- Paul-Craft 3y ago
  I don't need massive amounts of compute, storage, or bandwidth to run an app on my PC that "watches" the video and does those things offline, so I can watch the whole thing later without ads.
- LightHugger 3y ago
  It already exists for twitch, check out TTV LOL. And you can host your own proxies too. Underestimating the sophistication of adblocking is foolish, people understand well that spending time to save time watching ads is worth it.

gretch 3y ago

> content caching services will strip out the ads, and play with a delay. To achieve this, you’ll need computation, storage, and bandwidth on the scale of YouTube. Do you think whoever offers that service will do so without ads or payment? Your whole scheme is based on hoping “kind” and knowledgeable volunteers do free labor for you. Good luck. I for one am tech savvy and am happy to pay $20 for the ad free service. Pretty reasonable trade if you ask me.

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fayalalebrun 3y ago
If you play with a delay, then why would you need any more storage than what is required to play a single video? Personally I would not pay any amount to Google, as I believe it is unethical to support such a company. Google has a monopoly in several markets, to the point of being an unavoidable part of our lives. No single company should have that much power. Especially since due to its nature as a for-profit corporation, Google's interests are at odds with yours.
- JAlexoid 3y ago
  I have a great solution in that case - just block all Google's services and don't use them. Just don't complain when more and more IT news publications put up a paywall, because ad revenue isn't enough to pay your salary. As for myself - most of my subscription price goes to the creators and I'm happy with that.
Paul-Craft 3y ago
I don't need massive amounts of compute, storage, or bandwidth to run an app on my PC that "watches" the video and does those things offline, so I can watch the whole thing later without ads.
LightHugger 3y ago
It already exists for twitch, check out TTV LOL. And you can host your own proxies too. Underestimating the sophistication of adblocking is foolish, people understand well that spending time to save time watching ads is worth it.