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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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[-] BobbyBandwidth@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

Don’t come at me with a toxic Reddit attitude. The issue is not about paying for a service. For example, people are willing to donate to the fediverse to keep servers running. The problem is that the current state of the internet is dominated by paywalls, tracking and ads. Even if I paid for YouTube they’d still track me, feed me garbage from an algorithm and try to sell things to me (relentlessly).

[-] DishonestBirb@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

YouTube wants to double dip by collecting and selling your data, and forcing you to either get served ads or pay them $15/month. They want to have their cake and eat it too.

When hulu put unskippable ads on my premium subscription, I switched to pirating.

[-] Phillaholic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Are you talking about pre-roll ads for other shows on the platform? That was the norm before Netflix. HBO has done it for most of their existence.

whatever it was, it became unskippable.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 year ago

Lemmy can rely on donations now, but I don't see that being a long term solution for Lemmy. I won't be surprised if instances go bankrupt in the future.

[-] DelScipio@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most people perfere ads over paying.

And the algorithm is very useful to discover new content, most of the people I follow is thanks to the algorithm.

And that is hypocrite comment. Let's block all ads and now you have to donate every site you visit... No one like ads but that's how things work.

I disagree with reddit approach, but is like some devs were making no money, if millions a years is making no money.

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