• @retrospectology
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    15 months ago

    This is about greed and excessive ads, not a complete unwillingness to admit that platforms need a form of income to run.

    When platforms go too far, people pushback. That should be a sign for YT that their advertising strategies are unsustainable and they need to make them less offensive and dusruptive to users.

    Not everything done to maximize profit is excusable. People are entitled to draw a line when greed goes too far.

    • @[email protected]
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      -25 months ago

      Can you show me how much profit Youtube had in 2023? You seem to know this, because you base your whole argument on it.

      • @retrospectology
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        5 months ago

        $31.5 billion in revenue in 2023. [Source]

        This doesn’t include subscriptions, which accpunt for around another $10-12 billion.

        The company is worth hundreds of billions. So, no, I don’t think they’re suffering from ad blockers.

          • @retrospectology
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            -15 months ago

            Ah the ol’ I have no real argument here and have no idea why I’m actually whiteknighting for a multibillion dollar corporation so I’ll just act skeptical regardless of what’s said.