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Re:YouTube punishes ad-blocker users with slower videos on n... by ErneX on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:35PM (#38367969)
Leaving to where? That’s the thing.
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Re:YouTube punishes ad-blocker users with slower videos on n... by redwall_hp on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @02:05PM (#38368326)
The EU, since they actually give a damn about antitrust, needs to look long and hard at:

* YouTube running at a loss for years until they achieved overwhelming market dominance. We might all be using Vimeo or something else.

* The forced bundling of YouTube Music. Leveraging a monopoly for a foothold in another market is also not okay.

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Re:YouTube punishes ad-blocker users with slower videos on n... by nostromo on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:51PM (#38368217)
Maybe people aren't actively leaving YouTube, but they are using a lot less of it for other platforms like TikTok.
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Re:YouTube punishes ad-blocker users with slower videos on n... by Hooray_Darakian on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:54PM (#38368267)
Nebula for one
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Re:YouTube punishes ad-blocker users with slower videos on n... by shadowgovt on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @02:15PM (#38368479)
Nebula's great for long-form content creators, but it's not a place where an amateur can put up their hobby tutorials.
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Re:YouTube punishes ad-blocker users with slower videos on n... by kspacewalk2 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @03:19PM (#38369467)
Until one day it becomes just such a place by developing a free tier.
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Re:YouTube punishes ad-blocker users with slower videos on n... by Workaccount2 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @02:35PM (#38368812)
Vid.me! Its pretty much a copy of youtube but no-ads and no subscription needed. Has tons of content and lots of creators have started channels there.

Oh wait, thats right, it went bankrupt in 2017. They released a statement saying "Nobody wants to watch ads, nobody wants to pay a subscription, we have no revenue stream."

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