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YouTube before vs. after massive corporate, profit-driven enshittification (files.catbox.moe)

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[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Find someone else to give you free video hosting then? If YouTube wasn't profit-driven, YouTube would be dead

[-] bokherif@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah bro I pay for premium and it’s still hot stinkin shit

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The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source

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