The only alternatives to a service like youtube showing people ads are for its users to pay for it, for it to be funded through donations, for it to be run by the government and paid for through taxation or for it not to exist. I prefer the first or second approaches and Youtube is unusual among social media sites in actually giving me the first option. So I happily pay for premium and while I'd rather that were the only option (I think ad supported content is an inherently socially corrosive model) I dislike the attitude of those who reject ads but also refuse to pay.
(Some people are unable to afford it but that's an entirely separate social problem, and it would be unusual for somebody with the skills demonstrated in the article to be struggling to earn a living wage.)
What I would be interested in this protobuf inspection approach for would be implementing some decent parental controls. I would very much like to be able to enable/disable individual youtube channels. Currently all I can do is switch the whole site on and off. I have all the necessary infrastructure already, so I might give it a try.
(Some people are unable to afford it but that's an entirely separate social problem, and it would be unusual for somebody with the skills demonstrated in the article to be struggling to earn a living wage.)
What I would be interested in this protobuf inspection approach for would be implementing some decent parental controls. I would very much like to be able to enable/disable individual youtube channels. Currently all I can do is switch the whole site on and off. I have all the necessary infrastructure already, so I might give it a try.