There is such a vast amount of random crap being uploaded, that the content creators that actually generate views, hence revenue, must bear a huge sinkhole of costs for youtube.
There are better ways around this than by doubling the price for everyone and continuing to allow unlimited BS uploads for free. They charge $1.99 for 100GB of storage for email and photos. I guess it never occurred to them to include a minor barrier like this that most legitimate aspiring content creators would be willing to pay but would stop randos posting 10 hour long videos in 4K.
Google is a trillion dollar company. It's not Digg. Google going down would be the single most sensational thing to have happened in the history of the Internet. Even Twitter is still kicking after everything they've done.
It probably isn't. Which is such a shame because you're gonna miss out on 40 episodes of legitimately some of the best TV ever made. But that makes the let-down so much worse when it comes.
The first 4 seasons of GOT are some of the best in TV history. Seasons 5-6 are good, but that's when some of the tropes start to get overplayed and you see corners being cut. I should have stopped then, but I still had hope that they would rescue it. Nope.
Google isn't going anywhere. We are the minority. People who know what "open source" even means are the minority. The vast majority of people will just put up with it because they don't know any better. You are highly highly overestimating the tech literacy (and motivation level) of the average person.
I'd be thinking about whether I had enough money to cruise at like the $10m mark. Maybe I'd stick around a bit longer than that, but $1b is entirely too much money.
You're proud of this, but you missed out. There truly was a golden age where it was easier to pay $8 for streaming and everyone was happy. Good for you for being Nostradamus and everything, but there was a good ~8 years there where you really could have enjoyed the ride if you wanted.
I agree with you, but I'm curious to know your thoughts: What do you do when the 2-3% of people who are willing to take that fight head-on aren't nearly enough to combat the endless bots and astroturfers across social media? I don't count myself amongst those 2-3% by the way, I'm on Lemmy and not Reddit in part to avoid some of that. Engaging is far too much effort and I have my own problems to worry about.
I maintain that it's pretty simple, actually. Humans are animals, just like any other. That comes with irrationality baked in. We think we're so much better than, say, orangutans, but are we really? I'm not impressed. I often think about how we would behave if we didn't have language or opposable thumbs. I realized one day that all we have to do is observe traffic.
Okay so here we are speculating about this, but there's data on this isn't there? Is it not the case that countries who tax tobacco more have all but eliminated it? I'm not well versed on the subject, but I think it's a bit silly to just pull this out of your ass as if it were fact. Here's a link to an ncbi article that talks about it. I'm sure there's plenty more out there to show one way or the other, so I'm interested to know whether you have anything to back up your stance.
Has Reddit's popularity dipped? We know its quality dipped, but it's probably better known now than it ever has been. Doesn't matter how many bots there are if there are also real people there too.
I got $29 from the Intuit class-action suit. Yay. Pretty sure they charged more than that when I submitted my taxes that year. I was dumb.