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> This is like when game companies thought that killing piracy would increase their sales.

how is it like that at all?

YouTube says: hey guys, it costs a bunch of money to host exabytes of video and a video CDN, so we either need to show ads or charge you the price of two pints a month.

what secret third option would you like them to offer?

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It's like that because if I had pay to watch Youtube I wouldn't. I'd watch what I want on other platforms even if I had to pay.

Google is already making a lot of money from me and it doesn't stop there. They spy on me. They process every bit of data they can find of me even if I don't want to and I don't see a cent.

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