ArchmageAzor

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YouTube tests disabling videos for people using ad blockers in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] ArchmageAzor@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago

Youtube has done a lot more bad shit than push ads everywhere

Does Lemmy display a users main server anywhere on a users profile or some such? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ArchmageAzor@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, as I understand (probably poorly) your account is based on one server but can access all other servers as well, in this case is the server a user is based on visible somewhere?

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Does Lemmy display a users main server anywhere on a users profile or some such? (sh.itjust.works)
 

I’m very new to this place (Reddit refugee) so I’m not entirely informed on how it works yet. I’m just a bit worried that displaying somebodys main server anywhere will lead to a lot of tribalistic triggers in our monkey brains, which could lead to disputes down the road.

YouTube tests disabling videos for people using ad blockers in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] ArchmageAzor@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If a company has no competition, being a monopoly, it's basically free to do whatever it wants. Youtube controls the video streaming market of the internet. If they choose to not pay content creators, to run 10 ads in a row every 3 minutes, or to ban content creators for saying something their automods think is a bad word, what will you do? Where else will you turn? Odds are there's nothing for you on Vimeo. So you either make do with how Youtube operates, or you don't get to watch cat videos, or video essays on WW2, or playthroughs of Super Mario Sunshine, or what have you.

YouTube tests disabling videos for people using ad blockers in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] ArchmageAzor@sh.itjust.works 60 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Youtube is a prime example of why monopolies are bad