If you view people as purely as receptacles then this business move is logical, but if you view people as agents that can build their own alternatives or advertise your services then this would seem to be a dumb business move.
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chiliedogg@lemmy.world 11 months agoThe YouTube ad-blocker ban isn’t stupid at all.
Something isn’t a bad business decision just because you don’t like it. That’s now how business works.
“I won’t watch videos at all if I can’t view them without watching ads or paying money.”
…Yeah. That’s the idea. From a business perspective people who don’t pay or view ads are leeches they’re perfectly happy to burn off.
zbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
snuff@lemmy.world 11 months ago
But but everything on the internet should be free! ~/s~
Helluin@lemm.ee 11 months ago
most people dont take issue with the fact that there is ads but with how intrusive they are.
sfgifz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Idk browsing Lemmy often makes me think that many of these people expect software devs to literally work for free.
Auli@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
And it costs nothing to host YouTube don’t youj know. We should have a foss version and get ride of it.
I don’t think polel realize how much bandwidth and storage YouTube uses.
OwlYaYeet@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And how inappropriate some of them are and the sheer number of them