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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by sieabah on Saturday December 04, 2021 @04:58PM (#29444665)
You have never dealt with bandwidth costs for video, have you.
Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by ddingus on Saturday December 04, 2021 @05:15PM (#29444799)
Nope, but they are off the charts!!

Others will figure this out. The value is high enough for users to fund it. I would for sure. In fact, funding that via small money from people is likely the best model. AD driven stuff has too many conflicts of interest.

Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by sieabah on Saturday December 04, 2021 @11:23PM (#29446664)
Oh I absolutely agree, I think once R2 becomes GA it will be a game changer for a lot of VOD content or youtube-like platforms. Amazon, Google, and Azure are holding back an entire industry because of the price gouging they have on bandwidth.