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Re:YouTube and Spotify won't launch Apple Vision Pro apps, j... by kergonath on Thursday January 18, 2024 @07:05PM (#39049831)
Well, at some point they pretended to care about user experience. They could not have got their user base if they were that user hostile from the beginning.
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Re:YouTube and Spotify won't launch Apple Vision Pro apps, j... by andsoitis on Thursday January 18, 2024 @08:20PM (#39050456)
> YouTube began running in-video ads in August 2007, with preroll ads introduced in 2008.

Google bought YouTube in 2006.

YouTube began running in-video ads in August 2007, with preroll ads introduced in 2008.

User and usage growth since introduction of ads in 2097/2008 suggests your assertion is not correct.

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