Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
by crop_rotation on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:40PM
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People don't like micro transactions. Please try to think of one micro transaction product that ever got any traction.
The number of desktops is tiny compared to phone and laptop users, so I don't see how this can be scaled. (And it's not even clear the cents people would earn would even cover their electricity/data costs)
Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
by asdfman123 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:05PM
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What many people specifically don’t like about subscriptions are the transactions, IMO. Transaction costs aren’t zero, and microtransactions just introduce more of them.
I'm not sure if it's possible to build P2P network with zero trust that could work like that.
One issue could be that participating person might technically be involved with distribution of forbidden content like child porn or disney cartoon. So even if they didn't know that and everything was encrypted, they might still be accountable for it, especially because they made money doing it.