FYI, this is currently happening with Uber.
Comment on YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto
amorangi@lemmy.nz 9 months agoBy operating youtube at a loss for many years Google acted anticompetitively to kill competition or stop competition arising. Now that they’ve achieved that they can do what they like. Don’t feel bad using ad blockers against this anti-capitalist company.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 9 months ago
anas@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I am in no way defending YouTube here, but how did it act anticompetitively?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 months ago
Final stage of enshittification, now they are allowing more right wing propaganda than normal on the channel
ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 9 months ago
And suppression of comments, for all sorts of reasons. Words and phrases will constantly flag AI autoremoval.
atlien51@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I never felt bad abt that for a second. Like the thought never crossed my kind XD FUCK YOUTUBE!