Honestly - as much as Facebook is a horrible behemoth, this makes sense to me. How do you pay for the service? By watching ads. Or you pay a subscription.
Well, now that YouTube is asking for a subscription (or blocking the usage of ad blockers) Lemmy is absolutely freaking out - even though video hosting and transcoding is one of the most nightmarish costly services out there.
Honestly - as much as Facebook is a horrible behemoth, this makes sense to me. How do you pay for the service? By watching ads. Or you pay a subscription.
Well, now that YouTube is asking for a subscription (or blocking the usage of ad blockers) Lemmy is absolutely freaking out - even though video hosting and transcoding is one of the most nightmarish costly services out there.
Funny how that is.
Someone made this point above, but if that were true this would’ve been implemented in every country, not just the ones with GDPR.