Comment on To survive the AI age, the web needs a new business model

• Jason2357@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  fyi, the way you write seems like you are upset over something. It’s somewhat odd to write that on a website that is hosted by volunteers on a shoestring budget for thousands of users “against the onslaught on the net.” So you better understand, anything besides youtube videos (i.e., the majority of the content on the net) is fairly economical to host. Of course it depends on the system, but a small group can easily stand up something dynamic like a lemmy instance, and an individual can host their static blog for basically free -open to the wide internet. Youtube is hard because video uses an incredible amount of bandwidth. Google looses money on it, despite it being plastered with advertising. So even capitalism hasn’t figured out how to do it yet without being subsidized by another revenue stream.

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• swordgeek@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If you’re not sure what my point is you’re not informed enough to present a legitimate argument.

  Or maybe you didn’t present your point clearly.

  Or maybe you’re just wrong.

  These are entirely possible scenarios you might want to consider.

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  • Humanius@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m a bit baffled by his hostile response. All I said is that I host and pay for my own server.
    Nowhere did I claim that I host YouTube videos on that server, or that it is open to the public. I host that server for personal use, and for me and a few friends of mine. At most there is going to be two people connecting to it at once.

    I have looked into hosting a peertube instance, but I’ve not really gotten around to figuring out how to set that all up.

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  • Zexks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I did consider them. And they’re false. It’s a simple concept. Remove that which pays for everything and everything will go away. This isn’t difficult.

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• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You gonna pay to host all the YouTube videos too.

  We already pay for this through time theft and involuntary brainwashing known as “ads”.

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  • Zexks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I use ad blockers. Why don’t you. And yeah. These people are talking about ENDING that business model. You have no idea what you’re talking about.

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