• Communist
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    4 months ago

    If they could they would do that, they just can’t stop you.

    They’re trying desperately these days, it’s just a hard problem.

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      4 months ago

      Paywalling content would easily make this a transaction, but they choose to make this optional.

      If Google didn’t have such influence over web browser specifications maybe they would give up on adverts - while users are the ones in control of their computers then it will never be up to YouTube what is played on our machines.