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wow just wow while i can't say i didn't see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can’t blame em for trying to win the cat/mouse game of adblocking.

IDK; I blame them.

YouTube has become part of the world's social infrastructure. In a way, it is the town square.

Frankly it should be publicly owned.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well, that's not in YouTube's interest, so I don't know how you can blame them for not being publicly owned.

If it somehow magically becomes publicly owned, your bills/taxes will reflect that (as they do with TV in many countries, it just gets added to the monthly electricity bill, whether you use it or not).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay. I can dig a publicly owned YouTube.

Are you willing to spend your tax dollars hosting flat earth content?

Far right? Thinly disguised racism?

It’s ironic: but at least by paying based on what is watched, you give money to those you consume.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We can pay for it by eating just a few of the rich.