Comment on YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads

• fodor@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s what they’re banking on, but we know that eventually they will f*** it up and lose everyone.

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  • FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unless we have some serious alternatives, that won’t happen anytime soon

    Video hosting is really expensive. Every service running for free will eventually enshitify and turn out similar, because there’s no such thing as free massive servers

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    • brisk@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Peertube has already delivered the sustainable model: creators host their own videos and viewers assist distribution.

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      • 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        All they need that I see is missing, is a way to discover / search everyone from any instance. Like, a consolidated / federated search.

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      • FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Who pays for the servers? Because if even big platforms like Signal sometimes struggle to pay the bills, in part because they spend a lot on their servers, then it’ll be dozens of times worse with video hosting

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    • Rin@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It is… they’ve out spent the competition. Now that no one else is around, they’re trying to make all the money they can. Luckily, it won’t be long before some other alternative will pop up anyway.

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      • FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        People have been saying this for years now.

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