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[–] drkt@feddit.dk 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The internet used to be free before corporations got here.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

It was never free. It was paid for and used by universities and research institutions. There was no world wide web, just gopher, ftp, usenet, chat, telnet. Any kind of advertising was really frowned upon, it was basically treated like a library. But, there wasn't a lot to do there.

[–] bemenaker@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How are they supposed to pay for the infrastructure that you're using to watch it. Do you even have a clue what it costs to run YouTube for a month? The ads keep the servers up. BTW it's in the tens of millions a month if not more to run YouTube.

[–] fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago

No one has a clue what it 'costs' because YT isn't honest about revenue, and being a subsidiary its P&L statements can be adjusted to spread any narrative around profitability it considers useful. In the context of Alphabet its operating cost is probably negligible.

You're already paying them data tribute through daily interaction with much of the corporate web.