• zephorah@lemm.ee
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    23 hours ago

    Because you can block ads. I don’t want to watch anything with ads, my free time is worth more than that.

    • Rekall Incorporated@lemm.eeOP
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      22 hours ago

      The thing is if, you couldn’t block ads on YT, I would probably get premium, there is no way I am watching their ads.

      Note, I do subscribe to multiple “indie” content creators that I enjoy, but I am not watching ads on YT (or anywhere else).

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        6 minutes ago

        The more we sub, the more they’ll make everything a sub. They’re eating your wallet with this crap.

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    1 day ago

    I’m currently streaming YouTube on the TV as I type this.

    It’s where all the good documentary and factual content has gone lately.

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    22 hours ago

    It’s the only place that hosts retrospectives of old games that I will never play, but love to learn about. :(

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      1 day ago

      I think by this point, the only option is breakup and mandatory federation with independent frontends, service providers all competing against each other. They have a monopoly.

      Google would argue they don’t really have a monopoly since they compete against streaming, but that’s a malicious, pre-information age interpretation of monopoly power.

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    1 day ago

    I have my TV connected to my desktop to use the best extensions with YT and other sites. Steam + TV is nice too.