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YouTube cracking on ad blockers. (lemmy.world)
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[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

so it being free forever is completely unsustainable.

Well they own a lot of the infrastructure that makes youtube possible, which means they are keeping their own costs a lot lower than people think. I believe a lot of the 'its unsustainable!!', or 'it makes no money!!' rhetoric we are hearing is come straight from the google PR dept.