• DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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    20 days ago

    I don’t understand why they on such a self destruct path?! I already barely use this fucking platform anymore because of how shitty it has become already, and now they want to bait me into watching some low views garbage on top of all that? WHY?!

    • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
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      20 days ago

      Because when you get pissed off at one shitty video and click off it to find a better one, that’s free real estate in which to double your ads.

      And what are you gonna do? Go to Peertube? YouTube is too gigantic to have a real competitor no matter how much we try. It is a beast so massive and bloated at this point that we just can’t kill it without legislative interference. And Google knows damn well that they’re basically the only game in town so they aren’t afraid of significant user backlash.

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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        20 days ago

        There is a breaking point, eventually. YouTube’s trajectory is gonna make next quarter’s revenue great, but eventually something else will pick up user’s attention instead.