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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by eviks on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:43PM (#35896681)
It can't be the perfect showcase because the service isn't even great, let alone if you compare it to "any" alternative, for example, it doesn't even have proper offline downloads, which is available for free with an alternative
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by crop_rotation on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:46PM (#35896705)
Even great compared to what? You need to cite services similar to YouTube (like Vimeo, whose pricing model will just not be acceptable to anyone at HN), not frontends to YouTube, who don't do any of the expensive backend work.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by eviks on Thursday May 11, 2023 @12:27AM (#35897489)
Compared to the your own bar - perfection

(also, how is HN audience relevant in the conversation about the whole internet?)

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