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jfdbcv

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    Comment #42740649

    You know they did that with video games too.. Should we do that here? https://apnews.com/article/gaming-business-children-00db669d...

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    Comment #42739991

    Isn't this comment quite reductive? There are many reasons why there are two separate apps and not necessarily related to how addictive the algorithm is. The "source" you linked gi…

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    Comment #41239657

    Personally I inject probes into my brain to measure the exact dopamine response every time I need to make a new purchase ...idk I think people just like premium phones, it's not th…

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    Comment #41226898

    > Secondly, I became convinced Trump had to be using some type of an advanced intuitive capacity, as, based on the information that would have been available to Trump at the time t…

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    Comment #40149063

    I think humans have a natural instinct to share what they find cool / interesting. Before this was mostly done through in person communicate, now this is primarily done through sma…

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    Comment #39276943

    You realize that it will only be replaced with something MORE addicting? People won't exactly start reading newspapers when Tik Tok dies..

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    Comment #39068305

    Define learn.

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    Comment #38491235

    Equity data usually represents a big part of compensation and is basically impossible to value objectively as there are too many factors at play.

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    Comment #38336517

    > Yes, because YouTube is changing their stance between when a large part of the data was uploaded and now. This is untrue. As there was significantly less users on Youtube early o…

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    Comment #38334690

    > YouTube is practically holding an incredible amount of knowledge and information hostage to feed Google’s insatiable desire for profits. Free storage of data uploaded by willing …

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    Comment #38334635

    Huh?! You can sell your car, or take a loan against it. You can convert US dollars into your local currency. Your individual data is worthless. Data is only worth something in aggr…

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    Comment #38334400

    TikTok absolutely is a competitor. I'm not sure why it has to host long form content for it to be considered a competitor. If more people get their video entertainment from TikTok,…

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    Comment #38334252

    TikTok. Also - just because it doesn't have the content that you, personally, watch, does not make it not a competitor.

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    Comment #38334149

    > A huge amount of videos on YouTube are created for their own sake, with no expectation of going viral or making money off them. It's estimated that there are 1 billion YouTube vi…

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    Comment #38243666

    tradeoff is harder access to liquidity -- would banks be willing to give as much credit without credibility?

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    Comment #38243631

    Luckily, they can learn about it all for free, right here! https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/ap-macr...

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    Comment #38240810

    Statements like these make it hard not to discount the whole article: > By their nature, fiat currencies are manipulatable. Like it's some kind of big revelation, when it's basic A…

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    Comment #38240702

    In the US, not having a credit card is horrible financial advice. You're paying an additional 3% on all transactions, as that's the standard credit card processing fee. You're also…

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    Comment #38142139

    Sorry, I realized I was wrong with my initial comment. It's actually a 4 party system: the content consumers + ad companies on one side, with the platform and content creators on t…

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    Comment #38141532

    Patreon = video consumer pays Sponsers = another word for advertisers Nebula = consumer pays again (similar to yt premium) The only exceptions are merch and book sales, which only …

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    Comment #38141478

    I do as well. I find the best way to do this is YT Premium.

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    Comment #38141448

    > More than 90% of the content I watch on YouTube has been uploaded years ago, and was provided to YouTube FOR FREE by the "content creator". Unfortunately, I don't think this is a…

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    Comment #38141334

    > Now it’s all about profiteering. Unfortunately, the people who make content need to eat too. Demonization only exists because YouTube is beholden to advertisers. If most people s…

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    Comment #38138208

    The lengths people will go to avoid paying content creators is pretty crazy.

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    Comment #38138176

    I don't think Patreon is an effective solution. People only have a limited Patreon budget and I'm sure it skews towards large YouTubers and is pretty winner take all. There's a thr…