how to use youtube?

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Re: how to use youtube?

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tornitore45 wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2019 6:49 am
they have bills to pay,
Google made 9.4 Billions tax free profits last year. That is a little bit more than paying bills.
A by product of not selling ad space to break even. :D
TomB wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:23 am
jcfx wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2019 12:05 am
TomB wrote: Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:29 pm But both Google and Youtube are really in the business of focused advertising.
I think the bottom line is that Google and Youtube aren't in the business of focused advertising,
they have bills to pay,
A companies product is not the bills they pay, it is not stuff they give away. A companies product is what they sell.

G & Y sell advertising slots that are focused on providing the buyer with details about the user. That is only relevant to their position with respect to the countries anti-trust laws. Thinking that way makes a person aware of just how tech companies are flouting the law. That the advertising slots G & Y sell are more aggravating that those sold on TV is probably related to the fact that they are monopolies and don't give a dam about the user's attitude.
It is agreed that G (as an example ) is flouting the anti trust laws, the EU fined them billions, but the fact of the matter is most
lawmakers are from a pre internet generation, and as I mentioned before the web changes fast, can they get up to speed ?
are they even interested ?

Speaking for myself I use ad/tracking blockers, use a more privacy oriented browser, which will alleviate targeted ads
which it does, and selectively nuke cookies, I think that's probably all anyone can do short of not using the web.
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