alt Hacker NewsRegulation is only a policeman. It doesn’t innovate.
Competitive markets do innovate. I watch YouTube live instead of Twitch (many streamers double stream) precisely because the former has skippable ads.
I’m guessing you haven’t taken even one semester of the relevant economics. Isn’t it great to be an internet commenter?
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yibg • last Wednesday at 4:43 AM
> Isn’t it great to be an internet commenter?
Said completely unironically...
cromka • last Tuesday at 11:24 PM
You think one semester of economics entitles you to belittle people like that? What in a libertarian mind is doing that?
Both YouTube and Twitch have increased the amount of ads they serve over the last 5 years, not decreased. So, I’m not even sure if the “competition” between those two makes ads better for anyone. Imo, the objective of competition in adspace is “who can target better to increase click rate”, not “who can make the experience better for the user”.