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      On paper that is a good thing (for them). Less bandwidth used, fewer server instances needed. Etc, so it even could save them some money.

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        They’ll also stop sharing and talking about videos to the remaining people, who don’t use an adblocker, losing clicks. If creating a platform just by paying customers would work, we’d see competition by now. Creating pressure will guarantee the rise of competition, which is a good thing for us.

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          People stop talking about videos will have a long term impact.

          “Long term consequences are other people’s problem.” --Youtube CEO, probably

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        I’ve wondered the impact, since I’m still using up bandwidth but I’m doing it through newpipe and freetube. Which means it might be more difficult to track my usage to use for useful data to improve YouTube along with less interactions like comments or likes for channels. Wonder how channels are affected with whether people use Ublock or YouTube front ends it results in less signed in account use, which is where lot of engagement comes from.