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YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This, my friends, is a classic lemmy argument: "how about someone whom I already don't pay anything go and do more work for less pay, so I can enjoy my content free, without ads, and don't need to bother with an AdBlock".

How about, you, anon, set up a server, provide a simple upload API, and convince your favorite content creator to upload there? Since it's no costs for them and very little work, they might. Maintain that for a year, then we'll talk.

[–] figaro@lemdro.id 0 points 2 months ago

Then realize that YouTube was losing billions every year for over a decade, and that their current model is the only way it can be profitable for them 😅