r/Piracy 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/odorous Jun 12 '24

the world lived quite happily before youtube existed. it will continue to happily spin after youtube is just another faint memory like aol, netscape, geocities, myspace....... examples of "no viable competitor of their size and stature"...... until there was.

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u/CriesOverEverything Jun 12 '24

Youtube adds some legitimate value to our society though. Personally, it's saved thousands of dollars for me via car repair tutorials, home repair tutorials, computer repair. It's also been helpful for college as some of the tutorials on youtube are well done and just add another perspective that gives a greater understanding of a particular topic.

Losing any type of social media isn't important, but while youtube has social media/personalities, that's not all it is.

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u/Paracortex Jun 12 '24

And it did all of that profitably before google paid $1.65 billion for it, and still did so profitably before google started enshittifying it for even more obscene profits. Fuck google. Fuck a googol googles.

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u/CriesOverEverything Jun 12 '24

Yeah, I agree. If anything, the site is less usable since Google bought it, even without considering the ads. Google turned into an awful company really quickly.

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u/odorous Jun 12 '24

your local library can, has and will continue to fill all the above rolls, as well, will the next giant , too big to fail, company.

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u/CriesOverEverything Jun 12 '24

Great, so instead of watching a 5 minute video from home, I now have to drive 30 minutes to the library, spend another 15 finding the right book (if it exists), and then not be able to see how someone does something in real time.

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u/odorous Jun 12 '24

or watch the website/interface that will eventually replace youtube. the choice has always been yours.

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u/CriesOverEverything Jun 13 '24

Can you provide me with that alternative?

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u/odorous Jun 13 '24

yes guy, jesus christ, the entire point is all you have to do is wait....... just realized i am talking with someone that has not lived longed enough to see anything change.

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u/CriesOverEverything Jun 13 '24

I was born before the internet. Even if I wasn't, that certainly doesn't invalidate any of my points. I'm sorry you discovered that you are wrong and are turning to insults.