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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by xg15 on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:21AM (#29377811)
I'd happily allow ads (to an extent) if the content creator were in control and would actually receive 100% of the revenue. But this is not what's happening: YouTube controls when to play ads and how many and only a small percentage of the revenue - if anything - goes to the creator.

This can have consequences bordering on the absurd, e.g. if someone uses a YouTube video in their presentation and is forced to interrupt the presentation to wait for the ad.

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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by sofixa on Monday November 29, 2021 @05:38AM (#29378263)
100% of the revenue can't go to the content creator - hosting and serving mind boggling amounts of video is extremely expensive, especially if you consider the vast majority of it won't make any revenue (people's wedding or vacation videos for instance).
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