It'll keep continuing until you get one FPS and no audio without paying for premium.

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[–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not that this is a hill I particularly want to die on... But YouTube isn't free. I understand absolutely of course there are operational costs that need to be covered. Even if it is operated by one of the six companies that control the world.

But if I sit through a torrent of ads. That's my payment. Never mind the brokering of all of the personal information it can glean from devices watched on and location etc...

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    Yes, but I am talking financially, as nothing is truly free as everything costs time. I thought that was pretty self-explanatory.

    Them adding more ads is enshittification, not an optional higher bitrate stream. They didnt replace the existing 1080p stream.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago*

    But if I sit through a torrent of ads. That's my payment.

    You do not need to live this way. I've never seen a YouTube ad.

    Never mind the brokering of all of the personal information it can glean from devices watched on and location etc...

    This doesn't need to be true either. I use FreeTube and never log in

    The day Google once and for all successfully stops ad blocking, etc., is the day that I stop watching YouTube videos.

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