▲ 458 ▼ Playback speed past X2 is now a YouTube paid feature (thelemmy.club) submitted 7 months ago by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 120 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 7 months ago (3 children) I pay for premium in a group of 6. We pay like 6€ each and get YouTube Music on top. People are too used to free stuff. The amount of bandwidth YouTube requires is absolutely mindboggingly huge and can't possibly be profitable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) bandwidth should be nationalized or otherwise a municipal public utility so people can compete easier tbh. We do this with roads, water, electricity, etc. Get libertarians on board with data privacy insurances at the federal level so big brother cant spy on public bandwidth. Massie and Rand Paul could buck for that permalink fedilink source parent [–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 8 points 7 months ago 2024 Q3 Earnings release Youtube ad revenue: 8,9 billion USD Total profit from services: 30,9 billion USD Yeah bandwidth is not that expensive permalink fedilink source parent [–] pir8t0x@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago* Yeah, it's generally not a profitable business. But not when people make accounts, use those accounts to watch content and also comment and like-dislike content. They track your every move. They're an ad company and that's how they make a profit. I would have paid a subscription for the service if they were a honest company and didn't invade other people's privacy without their permission. Look man, there are a lot of ways to use YouTube and have a great experience. You don't need to pay money to them just to have a good experience. Just use YouTube in Brave Browser or Firefox with uBlock Origin enabled or maybe with an ad-block enabled on your device 🤷 Well, just my suggestion. You're free to do as you like permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) bandwidth should be nationalized or otherwise a municipal public utility so people can compete easier tbh. We do this with roads, water, electricity, etc. Get libertarians on board with data privacy insurances at the federal level so big brother cant spy on public bandwidth. Massie and Rand Paul could buck for that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 8 points 7 months ago 2024 Q3 Earnings release Youtube ad revenue: 8,9 billion USD Total profit from services: 30,9 billion USD Yeah bandwidth is not that expensive permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pir8t0x@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago* Yeah, it's generally not a profitable business. But not when people make accounts, use those accounts to watch content and also comment and like-dislike content. They track your every move. They're an ad company and that's how they make a profit. I would have paid a subscription for the service if they were a honest company and didn't invade other people's privacy without their permission. Look man, there are a lot of ways to use YouTube and have a great experience. You don't need to pay money to them just to have a good experience. Just use YouTube in Brave Browser or Firefox with uBlock Origin enabled or maybe with an ad-block enabled on your device 🤷 Well, just my suggestion. You're free to do as you like permalink fedilink source parent
