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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by bestnameever on Thursday November 19, 2020 @04:13PM (#25154419)
Most businesses don’t give away products or services away for free on a mass scale despite being able to afford to do so.
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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by BEEdwards on Thursday November 19, 2020 @06:17PM (#25155526)
But they're not giving it away, they're harvesting massive amounts of information even off of videos without ads.
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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by svachalek on Thursday November 19, 2020 @06:57PM (#25155885)
What value does that information have, other than to sell ads?
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