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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by convalescindrey on Saturday July 01, 2023 @05:04AM (#36548207)
There are competitors, but they also use ads.

Consumers just don't want to pay for things they've gotten used to getting for free. You may not like it (I don't), but that's reality. Being angry at "big tech" for this is relieving the general population of their responsibility.

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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by Dylan16807 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @07:48PM (#36556554)
What competitors do you have in mind there? Do any of them get even 5% as much traffic? 1%?

Vimeo wants hosting fees for significant use, there's a few decentralized platforms without ads, nebula charges and doesn't have ads. Dailymotion fits the mold but this ranking site says they get 0.4% as many visits and each visit is 1/4 as long.

I'm not saying that things should all be free, I'm saying that youtube's "economical sweet spot" is one that is basically competition-free and because of that we can't learn much about what other viable forms the market could take.

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