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Guess they'll have to do a better job at convincing me that I should pay for what's historically been free. I've never tolerated ads and I'm not about to start. At this point they're encouraging me to carry on out of spite, underhanded tactics are just giving me more reasons not to do what they want.
You realize that they are only able to pay for "what’s historically been free" because of advertisements right? Google might be able to sustain Youtube even without ads because they have other revenue sources, but the vast majority of their revenue are from advertisements, and it would be a massive loss of money to keep Youtube up without it generating ad revenue. Hosting videos is one of the most expensive things a website can do. If we are to ever hope for other companies to compete with Youtube, we should expect for it to not be free. All that said, Google can still go fuck themselves though - I cannot possibly endorse their methods.
Yes, I do realize how terribly expensive hosting videos is. It doesn't change my stance as a customer/end user, however.
Dude you are the product. Or do you think that they didn't build your profile based on your experiences and tastes and then sold it to other companies.....
Wow someone hasn't understood how the internet works