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So you want their free hosting, but don't want to pay for it either directly, or indirectly?

• jstanley 2y ago
  Yes.
• digging 2y ago
  For me, it's not the concept of paying. I'd gladly pay someone to host YouTube. I just don't think paying Google is a good thing.
• zarzavat 2y ago
  Who asked for Google to be the custodian of our culture? I don’t owe them rent just because they were so presumptuous to put themselves into that position. There used to be a thriving variety of video hosting sites.
  • goalonetwo 2y ago
    That's exactly how I feel as well. I don't want them to be the default but here we are. And I'm definitely not going to pay which would encourage/send the signal that this is what we want.
• goalonetwo 2y ago
  Yes. I'm fine with them dying and a better company taking over that I would then support.
• mitthrowaway2 2y ago
  YouTube spent about ten years convincing their users that videos will be offered with only unobtrusive banner ads or short, pre-video ads. Then once the network effects were safely locked in, they changed it to a protection racket where multiple loud, frequently offensive ads (including for scams!) will interrupt a one-minute video and new ads are triggered by so much as rewinding, but you can pay to not see them. I'd much rather support a different platform, myself.
• wintermutestwin 2y ago
  If they weren't already stealing my data, I'd gladly pay them for ad-free. My data is worth far more to me and goog won't even offer me an option to not steal it because it is worth far more to them as well.