Reminder to download any video you ever might want to see again or share.
Google is having a hard time growing revenue and so is injecting ads into everything. This starts a downward spiral: more ads, less users, so even more ads.
At some point they'll put ads in the actual video stream and flip a switch to turn on DRM encryption for all videos. Ad-blockers won't work and any downloads will be encrypted and useless.
Google can encrypt all videos at any minute and already like 95% of users wouldn't notice because Widevine has its tendrils almost everywhere. When they do it, Linux users will just have to use the official Google Linux Kernel for their distro but most users won't notice or care because their distro will still look the same.
Reminder to download any video you ever might want to see again or share.
Google is having a hard time growing revenue and so is injecting ads into everything. This starts a downward spiral: more ads, less users, so even more ads.
At some point they'll put ads in the actual video stream and flip a switch to turn on DRM encryption for all videos. Ad-blockers won't work and any downloads will be encrypted and useless.
Google can encrypt all videos at any minute and already like 95% of users wouldn't notice because Widevine has its tendrils almost everywhere. When they do it, Linux users will just have to use the official Google Linux Kernel for their distro but most users won't notice or care because their distro will still look the same.
I've made a habit of doing that anyway. I never expect content posted on the Internet to always be available.