Russia started limiting youtube speed after google refused to take down certain content they wanted them to take down. So Vlad got pissed and wanted to ban youtube entirely, but slowdown was a first step. Google just decided that two can play this game. Don't assume good will or anything they probably just decided it cuts into their revenue

[–] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Trust me I wouldn’t dream of it

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

They did specifically remove “don’t be evil” from their charter a while back

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Ukraine made it clear to Google that siding with then was more likely to be beneficial than siding with Russia. What changed is Ukraine successfully invaded Kursk

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 weeks ago

That's not what happened

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 3 points 4 weeks ago

Probably just sanctions catching up/harder to make payments?

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 weeks ago

"We are deactivating all AdSense accounts with Russia as the country of location. This means that it will be impossible to make a profit from monetization through such accounts. Earnings for July will be paid out between August 21 and 26, if the account has not been suspended and payment thresholds have been met," the Google Payments team said in a statement.

Is it hard to change if you've left Russia for real, or use some tricks to spoof your location? I had no reason to try that and don't know how strict Google is there.

[–] TheMandalorian@sffa.community 5 points 4 weeks ago

Wow. There's people still using Google besides ai?