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14 dollars a month for a decade is $1680. To save $1680 I'd prefer to just use an adblocker (which I have done for the past decade)
by londons_explore 11mo ago
14 dollars a month for a decade is $1680.
To save $1680 I'd prefer to just use an adblocker (which I have done for the past decade)
- hhh 11mo agoYes, and you choose to risk losing the most important platform to humanity next to Wikipedia. Youtube should be a public service.
- NaomiLehman 11mo agoYouTube wouldn't exist as a public service. there would be no incentive to make videos
- Kbelicius 11mo agoWhy wouldn't there be incentives? If you are thinking monetary then the existence of youtube disproves your statement.
- graemep 11mo agoI am dubious about the importance of Youtube. If it disappeared tomorrow how long would it take for most videos to reappear elsewhere? Some of the creators I watch do have the videos available elsewhere. Veritasium is on Odysee, lots of people are on Nebula (and release videos there that are not on Youtube), etc. I think there is a good argument that having a single dominant platform has been harmful.
- fwip 11mo agoImo, most videos would never be re-uploaded somewhere else. Currently-active creators that choose to keep a backup copy of their videos are probably the minority of creators.
- Rastonbury 11mo agoInsane hyperbole here, this guy's adblock = risking humanity losing it's 2nd most important platform owned by one of the most profitable companies in the world OpenAI thought of it first, should YouTube get a government backstop too?
- latexr 11mo agoLet’s not get too hasty comparing YouTube to Wikipedia. Maybe what you watch on YouTube is interesting and educational, but let’s not forget it’s also a major platform for misinformation, propaganda, conspiracy theories, radicalisation, scams…
- carlosjobim 11mo agoThe hacker boy one day came back from school panting, sweating and exhausted. His father asked him: - What happened to you? - I figured that if I ran behind the bus, I'll save the $3 dollars the ticket costs- The hacker father smacked his son hard on the head and cried: - You fool! To run behind a bus like that! You should have ran behind a taxi instead and you would have saved at least $50 dollars! Then they both watched YouTube together the rest of the evening, thinking eagerly about all the juicy money they would save over the next decade.
- hiccuphippo 11mo ago3 dollars is like a week of bus fares here and I remember a friend would walk back home from school to keep half the money.