From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics
Subject: Re: FOAD Gewgle
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:11:24 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-01-30 15:55, Dhu on Gate wrote:
> 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.
But not willing to sign up...
...so too bad, so sad for you.
>
>>
>> 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.
Wrong. Google is not obligated to let you do ANYTHING on YouTube if they
don't want to.