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YouTube takes over the living room: Viewers stream over a billion hours a day (www.techspot.com)
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[-] random_character_a@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago

If there was a viable option, I'd use it.

[-] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 27 points 7 months ago

I think by this point, the only option is breakup and mandatory federation with independent frontends, service providers all competing against each other. They have a monopoly.

Google would argue they don't really have a monopoly since they compete against streaming, but that's a malicious, pre-information age interpretation of monopoly power.

[-] zerozaku@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

Damn here I thought everyone gets to have only 24hrs a day.

[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 18 points 7 months ago

Because you can block ads. I don’t want to watch anything with ads, my free time is worth more than that.

[-] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

The thing is if, you couldn't block ads on YT, I would probably get premium, there is no way I am watching their ads.

Note, I do subscribe to multiple "indie" content creators that I enjoy, but I am not watching ads on YT (or anywhere else).

[-] zerozaku@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I would never pay to a service that is privacy intrusive.

[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

The more we sub, the more they’ll make everything a sub. They’re eating your wallet with this crap.

[-] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

I actually don't mind the subscription model for content creators. I just wish Google (or any platform owner) would get a smaller cut due to a more competitive environment.

[-] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

It's the only place that hosts retrospectives of old games that I will never play, but love to learn about. :(

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I have my TV connected to my desktop to use the best extensions with YT and other sites. Steam + TV is nice too.

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