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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just like YouTube. They need the ad revenue to keep all those videos saved to their servers. It's only natural you watch a 30 second ad every 10 seconds. It isn't enshittification because it's a real thing that’s happening, and raw storage is expensive. They pay for it directly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I suspect the sarcasm detector of the downvoters might be faulty

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Maybe but I'm not adding a /s for them