• @[email protected]
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      321 year ago

      That’s what they want. Get all the users they aren’t able to monetize off the platform to lower their costs.

      • danielbln
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        241 year ago

        I mean, I like a good Google hate train as much as the next guy, but that’s kind of a legitimate thing to want.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        That’s a double edged sword though, lose viewers and you lose appeal to advertisers. Lose users and they’re going to go somewhere else. That somewhere else will eventually grow and be competition. The bigger it gets, the faster it will grow.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      Good news: you can have the best of both by watching everything for free through piped video!

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Way ahead of you. Recently got Nebula, which has dramatically reduced the amount of time I spend on YT. Besides, this way I can help also the people who make the videos. They don’t need to be so dependent on the whimsical and unpredictable nature of the algorithm and the ever changing landscape of what is or isn’t advertiser friendly on the platform.

      If YT feels like further cranking up the enshittification dial, I say, bring it on. I’m ready to drop my watch time even lower than it currently is.