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MK14:

--- Quote from: langwadt on August 18, 2023, 08:48:26 pm ---they are offering a free and paid service, deal with it. if you don't like service you can stop using it
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But they have cornered the 'YouTube' market, and become the main/primary go to place, for watching or precenting your own, videos.  I.e. They are effectively a monopoly.  So it is all very well to suggest, stopping the use of YouTube.  But if the competition, only has a tiny fraction of the video content, and if putting ones own videos up on a competitors platform, meant it would get hardly any views or revenue.

So, 100% ignoring YouTube, would seriously mess up that capability/option in life.


--- Quote from: langwadt on August 18, 2023, 08:48:26 pm ---and now you want some elaborate tax system???
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I don't want to be a one party problem solver, who always sticks to the Left, Right or Middle ground of politics.  If something seems to be a viable solution and good idea, that is probably more important than the ideas political leanings.
I'm suggesting a percentage of (something like 25% of the total charges for internet) what are already being paid for internet connection charges.  Not a new dictatorship, which grabs 100% of everyone's earnings.

On the other hand, starting off things like that on a small scale, can eventually lead to massive political monoliths.  E.g. The original EEC, which was just to start out with a common market for certain limited food stuffs, nothing else.  Eventually became the EU, with proposals for it to have its own army.


--- Quote from: langwadt on August 18, 2023, 08:48:26 pm ---tthe don't "dilute" the petrol, ethanol works as an octane booster and it is a helluva lot better than using MTBE or worse lead
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There seem to be suggestions, on the internet, that it can cause the Petrol to attract/absorb too much water, and then corrode certain parts of the car, such as the fuel tanks, and hence damage cars.  There are also suggestions, that some older cars, especially ones from before 2010 (and especially older than 2000).  May not be able to use the higher percentage (such as 10%, E10), Ethanol containing Petrol/Gasoline.

langwadt:
just admit it, you want stuff for free or other people to pay for it, that's not how it works, YT is not a charity

and car manufacturers don't make cars that can't handle fuel that is sold at the pump, it would be stupid. That +20 year old cars could maybe, sometimes, have minor problems with some modern fuel is a non-issue, there are old cars that can't handle lead-free fuel

Veteran68:
But the fact is YT is not denying you access to the platform or content. They're limiting bitrate/resolution and requiring ads unless you pay a modest fee. If you want to enjoy high bitrate and no ads, you pay for that. Simple. It's how a capitalist system works. You pay more for Hulu or Peacock or HBO Max without ads than with ads. You pay more for 4K Netflix than for lower resolutions. Back in the early days of HDTV you paid a significant premium for HD content, if you could get it all.

YT is a private business, and they do have competitors even if they're small by comparison. But many creators, including Dave and Defpom, simultaneously post their content to multiple platforms, such as Odysee, for those that don't like YT.

gnuarm:

--- Quote from: langwadt on August 18, 2023, 08:48:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: MK14 on August 18, 2023, 10:36:58 am ---They even dilute the petrol, before we even get it, rumoured to reduce the MPG we get (by adding Bio-Ethanol to it, so only some of the percentage of fuel we get is actual Petrol, around 95% or 90% is actual Petrol, I'm not sure).

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the don't "dilute" the petrol, ethanol works as an octane booster and it is a helluva lot better than using MTBE or worse lead

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There's no reason why octane has to be "boosted".   But he is right that adding ethanol lowers the mileage of the fuel. 

SiliconWizard:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating

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