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YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave (9to5google.com)

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[-] net00@lemm.ee 48 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I dusted off an old laptop, put debian on it, put an SSD and now I have my own invidious instance, among other services...

No ads, no throttling, no bullshit. Google is very welcome to suck it. I'd gladly stop using youtube, but there's no competition.

[-] amir_s89@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

The no competition in the market, is the issue. Hope the situation improves in near future. With it innovations will gradually increase & the demand within the markets will point the directions.

[-] 0xD@infosec.pub 8 points 10 months ago

If everyone keeps expecting everything for free there will never be competition :)

[-] eskimofry@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Let me convince you otherwise:

Who set that expectation in the first place? Don't all cut-throat corps undercut the previous established companies and gained a lot of market share by being "loss leaders"?
Do you think YouTube would dare to go completely Pay only?
Lack of competition is not an excuse to double dip on both customer data and advertisements.
People who say that we need to pay for server costs should consider that streaming services are now asking for money but also introducing adverts. The money is too lucrative for them to leave on the table.
Everybody is happy to pay when there's 1 service or 2 services that give them everything for a nominal fee. Cases in point: Netflix, Steam.
A lot of people pay for twitch because it's the only platform they care about. Paying for A platform doesn't mean we will pay for ALL platforms.

[-] JonEFive@midwest.social 8 points 10 months ago

Let's not pretend like Google isn't earning any money

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