Everyone has the option for an ad-sponsored or ad-free YouTube for a monthly fee.
Which is how I've been watching YouTube, ad-free for years.
Except, they don't. People aren't willing to pay much for non-physical goods anymore.
/me looks at my Patreon bill
Yeah, no. The problem is Sturgeon's Law: 90% of everything is garbage, and people don't like to pay for something that is mostly garbage.
Re:Break Up Google
by searchableguy on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:17AM
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If there are no free services subsidized by google or other tech corp, then they will have to pay or shut up.
> People aren't willing to pay much for non-physical goods anymore.
Anecdotal
And guess who's fault is that ?
Re:Break Up Google
by keith__talent on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:20AM
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I pay for Youtube premium, I see no ads, it's amazing...
What is your point here? You want Youtube to be like a cable television company and make money off ads and subscribers?
How does this relate to YouTubes 5BN in revenue?
Re:Break Up Google
by SirLotsaLocks on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:23AM
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or we could all move to something decentralized like peertube. It doesn't need to all be hosted by one company.
Oh no. How could they make us pay for the software services. Imo, this mentality needs to go. People spend $$$ in cafe, buy expensive branded clothes, transportation, hanging out with their friends, outside food, and so on. All of those are not necessary but they pay for it. They should pay for the digital services they spend most of their time on now a days. What's different?