Will undoubtedly require either an Apple or Google account to use too.

The problem isn’t immigrants, or refugees, or foreigners, it’s the rich. Tax wealth, not work, and we’ll get somewhere. All this is just a distraction.

Really? I have trouble believing they’d insert ads at the worst moments possible.

It’s bullshit. They suddenly changed their metrics and views dropped sharply. The amount of people not using adblockers is staggering. Most people I know had to be made aware they existed and there are many more who watch YouTube through their smartphone app where there are no adblockers.

If you wanted me specifically to watch your videos, you’d stop putting ads in every 2 minutes. It makes the videos unwatchable. But also, I’d only watch directly if the video weren’t on YouTube. Fuck them and their monopoly. They can only sustain it because of Google Search (or what’s left of that service).

They need to be more aggressive. Add consumption limits per IP or even AS, send out emails or notices to high consumption IPs and tell them they will be blocked unless they pay, throttle speeds for free usage and request payment for unthrottled usage. They can also use a different protocol that allows distributed delivery like torrent files or even IPFS (which could force investment in the technology) and so on.

Companies are shameless and cheap. Do what’s best for you, not for companies.

Right-wingers are just the loudest people out there. They don’t seem to have a counterbalance. It feels like this was the plan all along.