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Re: YouTube’s annoying Premium spam

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Post by ianai »

Hokusai wrote: post #2

Welcome to the future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU3GzYcb1g8 Tech companies are an oligopoly with a few actors. Competitions do not offer enough pressure to make them change. Regulation is the only way forward if we do not want to end in a dystopia.

Agree. We need some old school style trustbusting.

Re: YouTube’s annoying Premium spam

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Post by pimmen »

ianai wrote: post #3
Hokusai wrote: post #2

Welcome to the future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU3GzYcb1g8 Tech companies are an oligopoly with a few actors. Competitions do not offer enough pressure to make them change. Regulation is the only way forward if we do not want to end in a dystopia.

Agree. We need some old school style trustbusting.

We’re fortunate to have some politicians and officials who believe in anti-trust measures in the European Union. Margrethe Vestager is the current champion and I’m glad I’m under her wing rather than her American counterpart, Ajit Pai.

I’m optimistic that regulations will come, sooner or later.

Re: YouTube’s annoying Premium spam

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Post by pimmen »

RKearney wrote: post #4

Even if you pay for YouTube Premium you’ll then get reoccurring pop-ups to sign up and pay for YouTube TV.

That’s the absolute worst. I’m paying for YouTube Premium and I hate that I get pop-ups for YouTube TV and YouTube Kids and whatnot. Peace and quiet was one of the things I paid good money for.
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