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Hey Google, go fuck yourself entirely (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/crappydesign@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Where was this attitude when Netflix announced account sharing crackdowns? I buy premium to support the people I watch but still, what a wild comment.

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  • [+] -13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    What does netflix not want acc sharing have to do with youtube needing money to host their content and pay their creators? Dont like their new policy dont buy it are u looking for something to be mad about? Tf

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Because they're both doing it for the exact same reason. Netflix doesn't want people using their service for free and neither does Youtube. Netflix didn't have ads so they cracked down on accounts. Youtube does, so they're cracking down on adblockers.

    I was fine with Youtube locking their 4k+ resolutions behind premium but they're slowly tightening their hand more and more to make it 'profitable'. Hell, the queue feature is premium now. Using the app on your phone while it's 'locked' is a premium feature. Things that should be free are being stuffed into the 'premium' package but because that wasn't enough, they're trying to block adblockers. Making people pay for what they were getting for free, while it makes sense from a business perspective, never goes over well. Premium is really only worth it if you want the people you watch it get paid more, everything else can be done by third party players.

    Although like Reddit, they might kill those off next.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    "Should be free" ? You think only 4k videos cost them money? Bandwidth and storage for lower res is free? How naive jesus

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Lol yes because people are already developing third party apps with those same features for free, ya duncecap.

    Also if Youtube made their site "pay to access" we'd watch it die within the month.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nice logic, movies can also be downloaded for free via "third party", does that mean studios should make them free because of that?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    Can't download a movie theater which is where most of their money comes from. Streaming services definitely lose a lot of money and the only reason they can stay alive is in-house 'recommendations', high resolution/bandwidth streams, and compatibility with mobile devices. If third party sites/apps figure those three things out, will probably be tough to compete with.

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