From: Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics
Subject: Re: FOAD Gewgle
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 23:55:14 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:25:42 -0800, Alan wrote:
> On 2025-01-30 14:58, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:27:03 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-01-30 14:22, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:59:49 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2025-01-30 07:28, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This, to watch Harrison Ford in a Whiskey ad:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sign in to confirm your age
>>>>>> This video may be inappropriate for some users.
>>>>>> Sign in
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am NOT pleased with your selling my information
>>>>>> unless I get a cut, and I ain't.
>>>>> Great.
>>>>>
>>>>> You are not owed the right to watch anything on YouTube.
>>>>>
>>>>> Stop whining.
>>>>
>>>> Public utility dictates otherwise.
>>>
>>> Where is that doctrine enshrined in law that you have the right to watch
>>> YouTube
>>>
>>>> I get the same crap looking for Ford
>>>> parts as aftershave.
>>> I really don't care.
>>
>> Gewgle is a private corporation _squatting_ on the
>> internet like some incipient Infostate using
>> information they don't own and technology they
>> didn't invent.
> That is complete bullshit.
>
> They own YouTube. It costs MONEY to run YouTube.
That's why I'm willing to SEE their adverts.
>
> You are not entitled to use YouTube except by the terms that Google sets.
Wrong. You don't read too good: uploading and viewing ain't the same.
>
> Get over yourself.
Fuck off 'Bot. Your opinions don't count here.
Dhu
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