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Re:Google terminating YouTube channels and videos (2016) by colonelpopcorn on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:27PM (#15529616)
Because you're not a customer. You don't pay for YouTube, advertisers do.
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Re:Google terminating YouTube channels and videos (2016) by reificator on Sunday October 22, 2017 @08:41PM (#15529893)
I absolutely pay for YouTube in a package deal with Google Play Music.

$15/mo for the family plan.

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Re:Google terminating YouTube channels and videos (2016) by adventurer on Sunday October 22, 2017 @09:17PM (#15530012)
YouTube Red or as I like to call it sometimes, because frankly I can't remember, RedTube. <-NSFW
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Re:Google terminating YouTube channels and videos (2016) by tnoeu09rclnt on Sunday October 22, 2017 @09:35PM (#15530066)
In case anyone is unclear on this, RedTube is a different site that hosts hardcore porn.
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Re:Google terminating YouTube channels and videos (2016) by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday October 22, 2017 @09:46PM (#15530118)
... a fact which can lead to hilarious misunderstandings
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Re:Google terminating YouTube channels and videos (2016) by motardo on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:50PM (#15529726)
Exactly, advertisers are the customer, you are the product
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Re:Google terminating YouTube channels and videos (2016) by cable2600 on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:59PM (#15529748)
A Tom Sawyer business plan where the users do all the work and pay for the privilege by having their data sold to the highest bidder.

Free as in money does not mean the same as free as in speech.

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Re:Google terminating YouTube channels and videos (2016) by stevenwoo on Sunday October 22, 2017 @08:31PM (#15529862)
I wonder if the OP were one of the youtube paying customer (for the ad free version) if OP would have gotten a better response.
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