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I don't agree with this sort of advertising as a business model. I don't like being extorted to not see ads. I don't agree with the assumption that me watching
by asdff 3y ago
I don't agree with this sort of advertising as a business model. I don't like being extorted to not see ads. I don't agree with the assumption that me watching youtube without such invasive advertising is a valueless proposition for youtube, given what has been argued to mean value in shareholder meetings over the years. I don't like this idea that I must accept a firehose of data that I have no interest in, that I am not allowed to filter what renders on my own machine. I also don't agree that a 1.62 trillion dollar company now needs to start penny pinching.
- sushid 3y agoHow are you being extorted? Who is forcing you to watch Youtube videos?
- asdff 3y agoUnfortunately for youtube, they have positioned themselves as a de facto public utility now that things like local council meeting recordings and even federal announcements go directly onto their platform, not to mention things like conference recordings, school lectures, job training videos, the works. So yes, in theory, sometimes you very well can be forced to watch youtube at this point in time. We are no longer in the age where youtube was merely one of many equivocally popular media hosting sites on the internet. They have eliminated nearly all competition and monopolized most video hosting.