• BongsForJesus@lemmy.wtf
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    11 months ago

    South Korea for anybody wanting to ship the article.

    Edit: I’m keeping it as is.

  • nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    Same model as all ways. Put all free, people completely upload their info and relying on it, monetize what people free uploaded. Same fucking model as all the companies and not just for media. Example ChatGPT. This should be illegal worldwide.

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      11 months ago

      the thing is that i get why they need money for their infrastructure after blowing up so much. but what really rubs me the wrong way is: they have studied how to butcher people’s private data for 20 years. now they’re really really good at it. can i trust that they suddenly abandon this practice in exchange for my money or are they going to double-dip? a massive mega corp like would never… or?

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        11 months ago

        That’s where I am at as well. I would be more than happy to pay for YouTube Premium as I recognize it is not an insignificant undertaking, and I even think some of the algorithmic suggestions are good (though an option to turn them off maybe?). If I am paying for the service though then I think I should then become the customer, not the product, and should have some guarantees to that effect.

        I’d also like to have a more clear idea of how much the service really costs. If it costs a lot to run, then just price it appropriately. Knock it off with this boil the frog bull shit and raising the cost every year or two.

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        11 months ago

        I’d hope that would lead to FTC action, but that’s only if the republicans don’t win the presidency next year.

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        11 months ago

        Youtube’s entire platform is built around dominance. It’s the one-stop-shop for all “content creators.”

        They won’t sacrifice that because it will make Youtube no longer synonymous with ‘online video.’

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            11 months ago

            I mean, that’s a terrible business decision when you have a monopoly.

            I can easily see you getting fired for even suggesting this. It just shows how out of touch you are with modern economics.

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              This is Google’s strategy. Haven’t you followed the manifest V3 debacle? They want to end ad blocking once and for all. Their entire business model is to sell ads. They want to turn that ad blocking crooks into sweet new ad revenue. Maybe even subscription revenue.