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[–] bestelbus22@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Video hosting costs a lot of money. I wouldn't expect that to be delivered for free

[–] HStone32@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

They had a good thing going. YouTube was far from unprofitable. But the skyrocketing density and plummeting quality of ads drove people to adblockers.

I suspect though, the day will soon come when ad-space is no longer quite so valuable.

[–] Johanno@feddit.org 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well then make Premium a reasonable price.

And just don't provide stuff for free. Nobody forces alphabet to provide youtube without account and for free.

It was a money sink since Google created it

[–] eyeon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

They don't provide stuff for free, they provide stuff in exchange for your data and to sell ads.

[–] Benaaasaaas@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bough it

Twish it!

Pull it!

(Yeah I know this joke is a stretch lmao)

[–] bigFab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Youtube servers are terrible. Why not focus on offering a smoother experience? Then charge what you want.

[–] bestelbus22@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

What's terrible about them? I have no issues here in west Europe