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I pay for my car. Why would I pay the supermarket for the groceries it will transport?

• hombre_fatal 4y ago
  Reminds me more of: I’m paying them with my attention. They should be happy I’m watching them at all. I might recommend them to friends. It’s good exposure.
  • endisneigh 4y ago
    If no one watches ads that would be pointless. It’s like bragging about stealing food and saying don’t worry, I’ll tell me friends about the grocery store and also telling them to take anything they like.
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• jjulius 4y ago
  Nitpick: I get your point, the analogy falls apart though. I need to use YT's infrastructure when viewing any YT content. Targeted advertising is how I pay for access to that infrastructure, and how they cover their costs. I don't pay to enter a grocery store - I may get an extra discount if I let the business track my purchases, but that's not required. I also definitely don't need a car to pick up my groceries. Most of us do pay taxes for the roads and sidewalks we use to get there, but they're still perfectly free to use if we are unemployed (and those are more analogous to "the internet" than to YT itself).