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by Ateoto 966 days ago
With the billions[1] they already make on ad revenue I guess? I don't care. For me it's either ad blockers or I don't use the service.

YouTube is only still viable because the barriers to start a competing service are so high. Just like every other Alphabet-owned service, their single-minded focus on serving the bare minimum content merely as a vehicle for ads has just decimated the quality of their products.

[1] https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/youtube-q3-2023-alphab...