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Re: stupid youtube

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On Thursday, 8 Dec 2016 9:37 AM, Je�us wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 09:23:07 +1100, felix <me@nothere.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, 8 Dec 2016 9:12 AM, Je?us wrote:
>>> On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 09:08:13 +1100, felix <me@nothere.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thursday, 8 Dec 2016 6:55 AM, Je?us wrote:
>>>>> Your original question/gripe was:
>>>>>
>>>>> "why the heck does youtube put those banner ads on videos?"
>>>>>
>>>>> I answered your question appropriately. The main problem here is your
>>>>> question was stupid to begin with.
>>>>>
>>>> look up rhetorical question
>>>    No need to and that is irrelevant anyway.
>> no it's not. apparently I keep overestimating the intelligence of usenet
>> contributors, just as they keep underestimating mine. here's a
>> 'translation' of my 'question' that should help
>>
>> 'how stupid is it of youtube to put those banners on their videos?'
>>
>> which in itself is a rhetorical question :)
> We've come full circle again. Considering the continued success of
> both youtube and commercial TV stations, I just can't see how they are
> stupid for placing annoying and obnoxious advertising in their
> media/programming/whatever. They've been doing it for a long time now,
> with no apparent decline in their respective audiences. People mostly
> don't like it, but it doesnt drive them away either. That doesnt mean
> I approve of it.


because there's no preferable alternative, although it's been suggested 
that commercial FTA tv will disappear in time

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