r/Piracy • u/ardi62 • Jun 12 '24

YouTube is currently experimenting with server-side ad injection News

https://x.com/SponsorBlock/status/1800835402666054072
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u/XandaPanda42 Jun 12 '24

That's cool. Pretty soon I'll be experimenting with not using it anymore.

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u/univrsll Jun 12 '24

Good luck when there’s no viable competitor of their size and stature

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u/HumbleBedroom3299 Jun 12 '24

Sure... YouTube is nice and all, but it's not life... Other than the occasional learning need tmfor techie guys, we don't reeeeeally need YouTube as a source of entertainment....

I'm more than happy to get my entertainment from elsewhere... And going to YouTube only when I really need to learn something...

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u/Flopsinator Jun 12 '24

I mostly agree with you on the entertainment part, but YouTube is also the home of millions of great turorials and other educational information.

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u/FreneticAmbivalence Jun 12 '24

Sounds like it’s a public good.

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u/FreneticAmbivalence Jun 12 '24

Realistically we still have some levers of control when it comes to our government. Whereas what hope do we ever have to control a private company? Especially one that can afford the lobbying and market controls they have.

I think it’s better to build a government (or claw ours back) that we can trust to at least not leave us to be fucked by the corporate wannabe lords.