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by xethos 547 days ago
I honestly don't understand how you came to that conclusion, considering the following from TFA (emphasis mine):

> Somewhat straightforwardly, YouTube has chosen to degrade the user experience of the embedded player publishers like Vox Media use, and the only way to get that link back is by using a slightly different player *that pays us less and YouTube more*

YouTube made the B2B product worse, and in order to get that functionality back (for now), the Verge would have to take a pay cut