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fubo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I didn’t say it’s charity. I said the video creator (who wants people to see their video) is receiving a service from the video host.

If they didn’t think they were receiving any benefit, they would just take that video down.

They don’t.

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cubedsteaks@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Hosting your own video on your own storage and network bill is not free. If you don’t believe me, go try doing it yourself.

I know this is true but why do I see so many people on lemmy pushing for self-hosting and even talking about it like its some low rent hobby?

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- fubo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It’s not exactly an expensive hobby, but it’s also not free.
  
  YouTube hosts a lot of videos.
  
  And — by the fundamental theorem of financial calculus that I just made up — “not free” times “a lot” equals “big bucks”.
  
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  - cubedsteaks@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    And — by the fundamental theorem of financial calculus that I just made up — “not free” times “a lot” equals “big bucks”.
    
    Finally, someone who gets my idea of math.
    
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