dvdnet62@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoYouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blockedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkYouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blockedarstechnica.comdvdnet62@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareinetknght@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-211 months agoOTA TV: with ads OTA TV: if you record you are pirating Cable TV: you pay a fortune to have no ads! Cable TV: now with extra premium stuff! Cable TV: now with ads! Cable TV: if you record, you’ll be prosecuted Cable TV: pray we do not alter the deal further Cable TV: why is everyone moving away from Cable TV? Youtube: your own videos! Youtube: your own videos are actually ours Youtube: our videos with ads! Youtube: now pay a fortune to remove ads! Youtube: pray we do not alter the deal further Youtube: if you download or remove ads you’ll be banned This isn’t the pattern you’re looking for. Move along.
minus-squareNoIWontPickAName@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoOh, we’ll see at that point I would just like stop paying for it. That’s how I deal with services that no longer meet my expectations.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThat’s exactly what people are doing.
minus-squareNoIWontPickAName@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoKind of, people are not quitting YouTube, I’m off them are still using it, but bitching that their free video streaming service needs to get paid. They are still using it and costing YouTube money in aggregate
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months ago They are still using it and costing YouTube money in aggregate The poor company only making $31.5 Billion a year has to eat the streaming cost for someone using as ad blocker? Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the billionaires?!
minus-squareNoIWontPickAName@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoOh no won’t someone please think of the people so entitled they believe they should get everything for free. Like, I just don’t understand the thought process behind people like you. Do you ask for free everything else?
OTA TV: with ads
OTA TV: if you record you are pirating
Cable TV: you pay a fortune to have no ads!
Cable TV: now with extra premium stuff!
Cable TV: now with ads!
Cable TV: if you record, you’ll be prosecuted
Cable TV: pray we do not alter the deal further
Cable TV: why is everyone moving away from Cable TV?
Youtube: your own videos!
Youtube: your own videos are actually ours
Youtube: our videos with ads!
Youtube: now pay a fortune to remove ads!
Youtube: pray we do not alter the deal further
Youtube: if you download or remove ads you’ll be banned
This isn’t the pattern you’re looking for. Move along.
Oh, we’ll see at that point I would just like stop paying for it. That’s how I deal with services that no longer meet my expectations.
That’s exactly what people are doing.
Kind of, people are not quitting YouTube, I’m off them are still using it, but bitching that their free video streaming service needs to get paid.
They are still using it and costing YouTube money in aggregate
The poor company only making $31.5 Billion a year has to eat the streaming cost for someone using as ad blocker? Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the billionaires?!
Oh no won’t someone please think of the people so entitled they believe they should get everything for free.
Like, I just don’t understand the thought process behind people like you.
Do you ask for free everything else?