• Polar
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    1 year ago

    Obviously. I predicted this on Mastodon months ago when they started adding ads right in the middle of videos.

    Piss people off and they’ll pay to disable ads. There’s nothing that competes with TikTok right now.

    • @Schal330
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      121 year ago

      Charge people to go ad-free. Keep increasing the sub price over time, then provide a lower cost version with minimal ads.

      • Polar
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        -21 year ago

        Tiktok and YouTube are my only sources of entertainment. I’m okay paying for both.

        Especially since both allow for anyone to upload as much as they want without limits or fees. Hosting that much data isn’t cheap.

        Obviously the FOSS users will downvote me, as they believe everything should be free and unlimited.

          • Polar
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            1 year ago

            And Lemmy users think everything should be free, without ads, like bandwidth and storage are free.

            But I’m glad being fine with paying for my entertainment is defeatist. Go back to your torrents, poor boy.

            • zeroxxx
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              51 year ago

              Agreed. Some people have this moronic attitude that everything comes for free.

            • @[email protected]
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              31 year ago

              Go back to your torrents, poor boy.

              Lol, I thought we were going to have a serious discussion about the relative merits of advertising vs community servers with donations, turns out you’re just an elitist cunt. Probably my mistake for not seeing the “TikTok and YouTube are my only sources of entertainment” red flag!

              • Polar
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                -11 year ago

                How is it a red flag to view content on two of the biggest websites?

                You’re a 🤡

                • @[email protected]
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                  11 year ago

                  The fact that they’re your whole life is the problem. You’ll understand when you grow up.

                  • Polar
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                    01 year ago

                    Lemmy is great at making their own shit up.

                    Where did I say that’s my whole life? You’re insane.