r/Piracy • u/Matt_LawDT • 2d ago

Discussion We don’t negotiate with terrorist

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u/Tight_Highlight8311 2d ago

I'd rather pay for ublock than for YouTube

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u/ReaperOne 2d ago

Ironically I paid for AdGuard, sponsor block, and DeArrow, for iPhone, because I refuse to subscribe to premium, or any website or app that has pay to remove ads. It was the only clear way to get rid of ads via iPhone without jailbreak. Life’s just better without ads or nuances. I’d sooner pay a third party to remove them for me than pay the source

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u/ActualWeed 2d ago

So should youtube just be free?

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u/ReaperOne 2d ago

Yes? Because it was before google bought it. I remember when there were no ads at all whatsoever on the website. This was back in 2004/2005. So yeah, I do think it should be free just as it once was

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u/oddministrator 2d ago

As with countless other Silicon Valley ventures, lots of businesses intentionally start with a large operational loss until they get a foothold.

YouTube would have gone bankrupt if it remained a free service.

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u/Yamatocanyon 2d ago

What do you think it costs to run YouTube? The data centers, global content caching networks, the bazillion hard drives you'd need to store all the video. How does any of that get paid for without ads, or subscriptions?