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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by dmbche on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:38PM (#35895694)
I guess I'm fine with that! Or maybe some billionaire will make it it's gift to humanity. Crazy that we have public libraries but no public youtube/wiki government supported
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by crop_rotation on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:48PM (#35895790)
YouTube costs a lot, and even that because it can rely on Google's amazing infrastructure which is optimised to the core. There is no billionaire who can even cover 10 years of YouTube costs.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by dmbche on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @09:14PM (#35896001)
Was looking for numbers on it, heres one :https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/

I think they're doing pretty great!

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