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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses by dfxm12 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @12:32PM (#43847563)
You're still the product. Paying to remove ads doesn't change this. You're still being tracked. Unless something has changed recently, you're still being recommended videos.
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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses by sapiogram on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @12:36PM (#43847644)
No, I think Youtube really is the product. With Premium, you don't see any ads (at least the ones Youtube makes money from), and there's no way "tracking" makes them anywhere near as much money as a simple premium subscription.
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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses by Zambyte on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @01:08PM (#43848084)
> and there's no way "tracking" makes them anywhere near as much money as a simple premium subscription.

Who places ads everywhere else on the web?

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