wow just wow while i can’t say i didn’t see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

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    I think it’s less enforceable than they think - every system someone sets up will eventually be circumvented.

    It’ll be a pain for a few months, or we’ll see a federated alt pick up creators.

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      To be honest, YouTube would be the hardest thing to replace. And if they ever stream ads from the same URLs as content I don’t see a blocker being overly successful.

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        I disagree, something like Sponsorblock is working quite well already for ads embedded in the video and unless YouTube makes serious sacrifices in UX I don’t see how they could prevent this.

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        They already do stream ads from the same urls. It’s why a pihole can’t block youtube ads.

        But you can tell what’s coming, since apps like SmartTubeNext and Revanced can skip them.

        It’ll probably just be a cat and mouse game, as it always has been.

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        They already do stream ads from the same urls. It’s why a pihole can’t block youtube ads.

        But you can tell what’s coming, since apps like SmartTubeNext and Revanced can skip them.

        It’ll probably just be a cat and mouse game, as it always has been.

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      Replacing a megacorp service is only possible when the stars align and said megacorp makes a fuckup so big users start jumping and these users are still a tiny speck compared to the total userbase. Still I hope Reddit dies slowly.