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YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

YouTube was operating at a loss under Google for years. The only reason it is able to exist is because a massive entity like Google was able to absorb that without folding, and keep providing a free service until it becomes profitable (is it even yet? I'm not sure).

I mean fuck Google, and yes a big enough non-profit (or even government) could do it (probably better), but unfortunately that's not the world we live in right now.