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by notnullorvoid 919 days ago
Even in the impossible scenario that 100% of users paid, they would start introducing ads elsewhere like for higher bitrate/resolution. Those ad spots are valuable.

Ads are Google's main businesses, they should be responsible for vetting. Saying it's a scaling issue is a poor excuse, and if that is their legitimate stance then it should be used as evidence that the government needs to step in.