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Re:4000° Plasma Lightsaber Build (Retractable Blade) [video] by whoomp12342 on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @11:43AM (#24766663)
no, I'm not being nostalgic. In the early days of youtube it was just content. Sure the content is crisper and more available, but there was no motivation to like & subscribe. There was no drama with demonitization. There were no ads. All of this was brought on by google.

is youtube still a decent product? Sure

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Re:4000° Plasma Lightsaber Build (Retractable Blade) [video] by MeinBlutIstBlau on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @08:45PM (#24772012)
You don't have to have ads on your youtube site. This is what happens when people go with the path of least resistance and don't host things themselves or at least utilize someone elses video player while they host the video.

I don't have sympathy here because these people are playing on Googles platform. Google is trying to navigate these waters with as much automation as it can. Unfortunately it can't do a good job of it just because there is an absurd amount of content given to them every second.

If you're livelihood is based around someone who does the corralling, you can't get upset they weren't perfect. You should've been aware of this from the get go seeing as you are not the one in control.

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