Thinking of all the Albertsons-owned groceries in my city that closed because they thought closing stores would grant them favor to merge. Whoopsie! No merger. No stores either.

• The ads aren’t targeted properly for one thing. I see ads for stuff that would never apply to me. Such a waste of money.

• Many of the videos already have a sponsor, so they are double-dipping.

• Also I’m not going to sit through 60 seconds of ads for a five minute video. Get real.

• And don’t lie to me about “Watch this long ad break and we won’t show you more ads during this program.”

I think Prime has the right idea of front loading the ads at the beginning of the program instead of interrupting thinks every few minutes.

I’d pay for ad-free YouTube if it didn’t cost as much as HBO. Charge $3 to $5 a month and I’d consider it. Otherwise I’ll just mute the TV, or skip the programming altogether.

There was nothing wrong with WebOS. HP just didn’t have the cojones to stand behind it.

Just means I will find something else to watch. I’d pay for ad-free YouTube if it didn’t cost as much as HBO.

Still less than cable/broadcast which runs fifteen to twenty minutes of ads per hour. Given time, I’m sure streaming will catch up.

Maybe he can write some more Google products that he can then turn around and cancel.

Interesting chart. Note that this is eyeballs, not profits or subscriber numbers. YouTube is free. Most all of the other services are paid, even when subscribing with ads.

Also there’s no WBD channel, so this is lumping all channels by conglomerate ownership. It would be interesting to see this by channel. Hulu viewership is being lumped in with Disney, I assume. Tubi and Pluto bolstering Fox? and Paramount numbers.

“Mom” isn’t doing this unless she’s uber rich. Someone is bankrolling her to try to set precedent.

Someone please explain this to microwave oven manufacturers.

Idiots. Buying a perfectly good service just to shut it down. I wonder if they even bothered looking for a buyer.

Also that new logo with the flag sucks.

Good way for Apple to say “Don’t come crying to us for a refund.”

How else am I supposed to waste color toner so I can overbill my clients?

When are stockholders going to realize that the current Microsoft CEO is ruining Windows?

Dude could have just been successful letting Facebook be a tool to keep in touch with friends and family. Instead he has all these weird, unnecessary ideas about how to manipulate and spy on people.

This says Xbox has over 60% of global market share:

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/console/worldwide/

Apple doesn’t ban Mac users from downloading software outside the App Store.

Microsoft bans Xbox users from downloading unlicensed software.

Now do Xbox, Nintendo, and PS5 stores.

Clever use of the technology. I wonder if any other businesses are looking into this?

That's *always* the case.

Maybe there’s a reason for that. The word “enshitification” doesn’t exist in a void.