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YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave (9to5google.com)

submitted 10 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] cryptosporidium140@sh.itjust.works 37 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Why are there so many PornHub alternatives but only a handful of YouTube alternatives?

[–] IndyRap@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pornhub owns most of those alternatives.

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

*Aylo

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I love how they have clearly tried to hide that they make their money from porn. They used to be called MindGeek. The private equity firm that owns them is called Ethical Capital Partners.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ethical Capital Partners

So I assume they can guarantee none of the women in the porn they show are victims of human trafficking.

(I can't know that in the porn I watch either, but I don't host it.)

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago

in fairness, they did delete most of their content base after a minor was found to be on the platform. To the degree that keeps investors happy, i suppose they do.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

People dont really care where their content comes from, so long as it loads properly. But content creators dont want to migrate from the platforms they have all their followers on. If i have a decent YouTube channel that is large enough to be my primary income, I'm locked in because there is no real way to migrate all those followers over to a new platform. Nebula is the closest i think we have to a true YouTube competitor, but it's a tiny fraction of the user base and most Nebula videos are available on YouTube for free.

[–] cryptosporidium140@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think you're right, the stuff I care about on YouTube is far more specific/niche than the stuff I care about in a porno

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Monetizing one is much easier than the other.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

People will pirate porn, they don’t care to pirate COD montages

[–] muh_entitlement@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Use a different front end like piped video! All the content is free and no ads!