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Enshittification@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

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If ad block breaks I no longer consider YouTube videos to be content. They’re just ads.

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The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source

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