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Unfortunately he did a lot of BS along the way which made it easy to dismiss everything he said.

And they definitely don't need to join it with data about my phone location history and my search history. Or evaluate which video I have watched for how long. Subscriptions, fine.…

It wasn't such a reference, no. And I believe it's hard to do this kind of thing as an afterthought. If your whole engineering culture is built around having a QA dept then just fi…

That can hardly be an argument to rule something new as "unconstitutional". I'm going to need to assume that this is an oversimplifying summary then?

> This is a simplistic take. First of all, even if it’s true now it does not make it true for all time. Blockbuster hit a real sweet spot for video rental until the tech landscape …

It's easier to criticize the baiter than the baitee, but that may be barking up the wrong tree. Tech companies are acting within the economic and regulatory framework. Criticizing …

I don't follow. I don't have integrity because I'm consistent in my replies? I also don't see how turning this discussion into ad hominem against myself is meaningful. Attacking th…

I agree! I'm very disappointed with my fellow humans too! But what do you want to do? If you reduce how much the general population can impact their life then you are doing democra…

There are competitors, but they also use ads. Consumers just don't want to pay for things they've gotten used to getting for free. You may not like it (I don't), but that's reality…

What were the Supreme Courts reasons for deeming this unconstitutional?

You want an economic system that provides you cat videos for free? I'm quite ok with markets and capitalism. Should be regulated, but if you get your wish then there will be 300+ A…

> It is called bait and switch which is a blatant fraud. Sorry, this is just not true. If you let yourself get baited, then it's your responsibility. Don't lift the responsibility …

> B) Many of these companies have such large content hosting fees because of the very nature they chose to set up under. If an economically more viable alternative exists then you …

> never underestimate the ingenuity of a good QA person. "app freezes while triple-clicking About button while changing wifi network when storage is 89% full and screen reader is e…

Anual revenue is in the ballpark of about $1bn-$5bn.

I agree! So, stop using the service then. Apparently most people don't care though. So, whom are you criticizing? Youtube for providing a service that's populare despite their way …

I'm not even talking about those producing content. It's their choice to upload things. But the platform itself needs to be paid for as well. You think Youtube should provide video…

And what they do to circumvent what you are doing to avoid seeing the ads is also their choice.

The alternatives are stop watching the content or pay for it. If you chose the ad-supported version then that's on you.

Yeah, my 9-year-old grandson could not upload his hillarious videos about dinosaurs anymore. Please explain to him that he can open some Patreon to support his Youtube fees instead…

Sadly, a Youtube Premium subscription only removes the ads. They still collect all the data about you. Remember that you are not just paying with ad eyeballs, but also with your da…

> In my late 30s, I went serious about getting ads out of my life. Have you also cut everything out of your life that's financed through ads? So I'm expecting you to not use any Fa…

> I block ads because they're psychological warfare that corporations wage against me. I don't care how unobtrusive the ads are. I hate ads as much as the next guy. But that's the …

Then your developer should learn that "done" means more than "works on their machine". The difference between devs and dedicated QA people is that devs know the dark corners of the…

Great project! A comment I'd have is that it's quite hard to find out who authored this fine piece of software.