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But you're not going to pay because it is quite literally the biggest library of high quality videos ever existed? It is so weird how people can buy ridiculously expensive coffee but cannot fathom paying 2x that monthly for a service that they use almost 24/7 for music, videos and most importantly, for archiving. As it stands, Youtube have absolutely zero obligations to store any videos indefinitely.

If Youtube "owes" its user some service, which it provides for free, then it might as well be state funded or become non-profit. I keep asking people the same question; if YOU are the owner of Youtube, how would you stay afloat? Good will of the people to donate money? lol.

inb4 they make so much money from ads!! Well, there you go, theres the answer. They (and we) need ads to keep Youtube afloat.

parent anon-3988 3 years ago

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