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‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm at a loss for words. Surely, YouTube trying to Adwall would be the stupidest thing in social media history. Surely, Musk changing Twitter's name would be the stupidest thing. No, Steve Huffman has somehow managed to surpass the old masters. "We can survive without people being able to find our website VIA SEARCH RESULTS"! YOU. STUPID. MOTHERFUCKER.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The YouTube ad-blocker ban isn't stupid at all.

Something isn't a bad business decision just because you don't like it. That's now how business works.

"I won't watch videos at all if I can't view them without watching ads or paying money."

....Yeah. That's the idea. From a business perspective people who don't pay or view ads are leeches they're perfectly happy to burn off.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you view people as purely advertising receptacles then this business move is logical. But if you view people as agents that can build their own alternatives or advertise your services then this would seem to be a dumb business move.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you view people who actively cost you money while bringing nothing to your business as assets you're bad at business.

If 100% of people who used adblockers decided to stop using YouTube entirely over this, the only result would be YouTube saving money. Video hosting is simply too expensive for anyone to make a website where anyone can host and view for free without ads.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People will find alternatives. You can't stop people witj adblockers from using YouTube by blocking adblockers - no more than you can stop piracy. People just build better, more resilient ways to bypass things. This decision has good understanding of business but not psychology.

The only real way is to make it more convenient to use YouTube with ads, so no one goes for adblockers anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That search is the only reason a lot of people end up on reddit. This won't end well for reddit.

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

Uhhhhh....who thought that was going to be a bright idea? Google is probably the single biggest traffic draw for Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Especially since reddit search itself has always been laughably broken.