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> Should YouTube be a free service or what? Yes. They were loss leader for more than a decade and killed all competition because nobody had coffers deep enough
by wiseowise 3y ago
> Should YouTube be a free service or what?
Yes. They were loss leader for more than a decade and killed all competition because nobody had coffers deep enough to fight Google.
Now because of their dominant position it’s impossible to migrate from it, because of network effect.
So f** them, not my problem. I’m willing to pay for stuff that I enjoy (old videos from 10+ years ago), I’m not going to pay for modern cancer (just open YouTube in incognito tab to understand what I mean).
- DevKoala 3y agoThis is a good point tbh. Google did destroy the competition on the space forcing a monopoly. So if there was a similar competing service with the same content quality and revenue models, would you subscribe/watch the ads?
- wiseowise 3y agoYes. Don’t misunderstand me, I do watch YouTube ads on my TV, but I’m pissed that nobody can challenge them anymore.