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Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by milkytron on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:49PM (#28588663)
People expect content for free because advertising has allowed it. It didn't start that way.
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Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by criley2 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:54PM (#28588698)
I mean, radio and TV were free OTA for decades. I don't know what you want to call the "start" of content, but ad-supported free models have been around for a very long time.
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