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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Why? Greed.
And they're not even shy about it.

I made this comment some time ago on another thread about YouTube ads.
With the sheer number of concurrent users, worldwide, 24/7, YouTube could show one ad every three or four videos, and still make a mind boggling amount of money.
But if some money is good, more must be better, right?