Blows my mind that to this day, companies don’t realize it’s a service issue. Like it’s straight up regressed. Adobe and Microsoft used to encourage piracy to help their bottom line. Now you have stupid PMs who realize they can get a good performance review by talking about how much money they’ll make/save from doing stuff like this

This really is not a service issue. This is not a privacy issue.

YouTube as a service is … actually a great service, it pays creators well, it’s fast, it has decades of content, and it has tons of features.

It’s monetized with ads, you either watch those ads or you pay them. Using a VPN to get a lower price on the subscription is not a service issue, that’s abuse of regional pricing, and no company would accept that.

You’re getting down voted, but you are mostly correct.

I feel like the amount of ads and/or length is a little excess these days, though.

The thing is, Google isn’t dumb. They’ve user tested this strategy and they know it results in higher revenue.

And the enshitification continues…for those that don’t pay