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The point is that youtube is an ad-funded service, and if you're not watching the ads, Google is losing money on you.
by nikanj 8mo ago
The point is that youtube is an ad-funded service, and if you're not watching the ads, Google is losing money on you.
- LinAGKar 8mo agoThis is about background playback, not adblocking. They can still play ads.
- wazoox 8mo agoBwaaa an evil monopolistic empire won't get our money, that's so sad really. They're racking up tens of billions of money every quarter, we don't. I carefully do my best not to give any money to Microsoft, Google and the likes. They must be dismantled anyway.
- nikanj 8mo agoIf they are an evil monopolistic empire, why are you upset you can’t use their services? It’s not like watching shorts is a matter of life/death.
- wazoox 8mo agoThey're a monopoly. They force me to use their shitty, ad-laden, privacy-violating services. I'll use all possible circumvention measures possible. Of course I use alternative solutions as much as possible, but it's a monopoly, remember ? Not a public service. Not a sane, competitive market. Dismantle the GAFAM. Death to them. They're evil, imperialistic, freedom-killing machines.