wade

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm confused about this take. YouTube clearly has hosting costs and also pays creators. That money has to come from somewhere. They offer two options, ads or subscription. You could argue that the number of ads is too many or the cost of the subscription is too high, but demanding a service be free just because it's technologically possible to block ads seems weird.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It was forced but he sourced a good bit of the money from the Saudi princes, so...