That's a relief. I've been dreading the day when they introduce server-side adsm but it seems we're not there yet ๐ I'm not sure what they think they'll accomplish with this when it's A LOT less painful than turning off your adblocker and dealing with the ads, though. Maybe they're just trying random things to see what works.
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Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers
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might be brain damaged but haven't noticed a slowdown or seen any ads in occasional use.
I mean sure I guess but I can just like download them for later?
I haven't noticed on Tubular.
Iโm curious what people would prefer for revenue generation models. Just subscription fees? A lot of folks also seem resistant to that as well.
Direct sponsoring has worked in the past with many open source projects (including lemmy.world). Could be closer to what Patreon does.
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