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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by Maxence on Sunday November 28, 2021 @11:42PM (#29376460)
Some people work their ass to make a living and even if ads are annoying, for a lot it is what's keep them moving forward.

Maybe Google makes money by selling other people content but they provide all the infrastructure to allow content creators to have their business first.

Bypassing the ads is hurting mainly content creators, not Google...

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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by kortilla on Monday November 29, 2021 @12:16AM (#29376663)
> Bypassing the ads is hurting mainly content creators, not Google...

No, it hurts Google too. Google isn’t some benevolent actor operating youtube at a loss. It’s a cash cow now.

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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by rezonant on Monday November 29, 2021 @12:54AM (#29376857)
It hurts both. If people support the YT creators they watch on Patreon or in some other way, that's fantastic. But you should support them in some way if you watch and appreciate their content.
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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by Maxence on Monday November 29, 2021 @01:15AM (#29376949)
I do it, but the point is most of the people don't, they simply watch YouTube.

I'm also a content creator myself, guess what, most of my revenues come form ads, not Patreon.

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