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HobbitFoot , 9 days ago to Technology in Netflix mulls introducing free ad-supported tier. The circle is complete

Then cancel and move on.

The way that people talk about it here, a streaming service raising rates is the equivalent of a significant other dumping them.

HobbitFoot , 9 days ago to Technology in Netflix mulls introducing free ad-supported tier. The circle is complete

Mega ad tier.

HobbitFoot , 9 days ago to Technology in Netflix mulls introducing free ad-supported tier. The circle is complete

For now. YouTube is already starting to dedicate serious resources to anti ad blocking. I'm sure other streaming services aren't that far behind.

HobbitFoot , 9 days ago to Technology in Netflix mulls introducing free ad-supported tier. The circle is complete

Yeah. Netflix got really lucky with streaming for as long as they did and they knew it. Cable and broadcast subsidized their content and they were able to lease it for pennies on the dollar.

Of course, people don't want to admit that the subsidy for their content is gone and they are pissed about rising costs.

HobbitFoot , 9 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News

What other company or government could do this?

HobbitFoot , 13 days ago to Technology in Are you embracing AI?

No, but my job includes producing and verifying calculations.

We already deal with computer models, but there is a concept of "garbage in, garbage out" where the model is garbage because the inputter didn't understand what to put in the model or even what model should be used.

So the modeling may be more efficient, but the budget gets blown in verification because the model is crap.

HobbitFoot , 17 days ago to Technology in McDonalds removes AI drive-throughs after order errors

Around that time, Watson was the most public demonstration of AI.

HobbitFoot , 18 days ago to Technology in YouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changes

You are essentially making the silly "but yet you choose to live in society" argument.

I don't think so. OP wasn't saying to stop uploading to YouTube, but to upload to alternate sites as well and maybe lead their audiences there by mentioning it in videos.

HobbitFoot , 19 days ago to Technology in ChatGPT has caused a massive drop in demand for online digital freelancers — here is what you can do to protect yourself

But humans also need input as well.

HobbitFoot , 19 days ago to Technology in ChatGPT has caused a massive drop in demand for online digital freelancers — here is what you can do to protect yourself

It looks like we are already at the point with some AI where we can correct the output instead of add new input. Microsoft is using LinkedIn to help get professional input for free.

HobbitFoot , 23 days ago to Technology in YouTube looks to be testing server-side ad injection to counter ad blockers

Yeeeah, but my issue with that is they generated the expectation that it'd be free by using their investment money to muscle out smaller competitors.

All of YouTube's competitors were doing the same thing, use ads to subsidize free video hosting. It just happened to be that YouTube was the survivor. If there was competition, it would likely have the same business model that YouTube has. Spotify may be building a YouTube competitor based on the same model.

HobbitFoot , 23 days ago to Technology in YouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block ads

But it goes back to my earlier assertion that the value of user data is generally to help with advertising.

HobbitFoot , 23 days ago to Technology in YouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block ads

Anyway you can use data to nudge users. For example, Google can change search result orders. They can promote one company/research/ideology/party to the top and demote others.

This is advertising.

Finding out where certain people are important for law enforcement or press.

This service isn't that valuable, and extracting the value required is going to be a PR nightmare.

Stores give out free wifi to track your MAC address and see where you go in stores. They sell this data, use it to track theives, or use it for better product placement.

So A-B testing for their advertising?

HobbitFoot , 23 days ago to Technology in YouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block ads

What good is user data if you don't use it for advertising?

HobbitFoot , 23 days ago to Technology in YouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block ads

Yeah, but content creators haven't deplatformed off YouTube. The closest might be streaming services like Nebula, but even those have subscriptions.

YouTube pays little to content creators for hosting the content, but they also pay for hosting the content. I can't think of a case where content creators would pay to host their videos for others to watch for free without ads or a subscription.