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@codinghorror@infosec.exchange I feel the same way. But the economics of the internet have unfortunately led us to a place where some people earn their livelihood through YouTube ads. Should they have chosen otherwise and started by spinning up their own subscription- or ad-based service? I mean, maybe? That requires a relatively huge amount of technical know-how, and I expect nearly every one of their subscribers wouldn't have found them had they done that -- people are already hanging out on YouTube, find stuff they like, and subscribe. I wish there were better mechanisms in place for people to own their content while being capable of having the same reach that they do on the major corporate platforms, especially if this is how they literally pay the bills. My perpetual hope is that things like ActivityPub can accomplish that, but at the moment, it's just not really possible.