• TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    booting the babies who won’t pay or watch ads

    There are two ways that would happen. One is with IP bans, and even then, there are still ways around it. And if they start doing that, they’ll start to cut off legitimate users with dynamic IP addresses that change often. The other is by dropping ad supported services completely and moving to a fully paid model. And I doubt they have enough people who give enough of a shit to start giving YouTube actual money for the bullshit that’s on there.

    Like I said, they lost the game before they started. They will never shake off the freeloaders without seriously kneecapping their company.

    • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Posted on a forum thread bitching about how folks are not going to use the service. The delusional logic here is way to high.

      I think they are doing just fine booting the freeloaders. Even if they push you all to steal via piped that basically a free cache. Mission accomplished.