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[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Those poor suckers. I don't think I've seen an advertisement on YouTube in something like five years.

Edit: And I sure as hell ain't paying Google either.

[-] potustheplant@feddit.nl 0 points 2 weeks ago

If you see 0 ads and don't pay anyone, I'm not sure how the service could be sustainable. I'm also against ads but only if you're actually paying. That's why I do pay for a yt family plan but also use adblock+sponsorblock.

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago

Google has plenty of money. That's the way I see it.

[-] potustheplant@feddit.nl -1 points 2 weeks ago

Afaik, business units are individual. Their products don't finance each other.

[-] boydster@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And the user experience I should expect depends on their stupid hierarchy for reasons I should care about, I'm sure, but still I find myself not. Choosing to enshittify is a choice. Choosing a business model that depends on coercion into an ecosystem that will become enshittified after accumulating a critical mass is another, even more evil choice. Doing it while those cheering loudest are the ones being fucked hardest (I mean, there's still a "certain line" between how badly "certain groups" are discriminated against, but let's keep things broad here because we all know the in-group is going to shrink... you know the poem, those that don't speak up and all that) is yet another choice and one that I'm not willing to join. Doing it while playing monopolistic games arguably even more strongly than Microsoft did when it got hit with a Nynex-level antitrust suit is a step even further down the fuck-me-brick road. The list goes on. Have you met Android??? Google's motto used to be Don't Be Evil. Yeah, I'm at least that old. Fight me.

Edit: please don't fight me. I'm in some back pain right now from some light physical engagement the other day. I'm also, at a minimum, that old...

[-] potustheplant@feddit.nl -1 points 2 weeks ago

Dude, if you dislike it that much you could just like... not use it?

[-] ubergeek@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

Or, we could use it for free! Get two birds stoned at once!

[-] boydster@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

Stringing more non-sequitors into this probably won't make it make more sense

[-] potustheplant@feddit.nl -1 points 1 week ago

K. Keep using a service you hate then, I guess.

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