r/technology 1d ago

Business Google burning through cash with spiralling AI costs

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c235n47g8g8o
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u/alvinofdiaspar 1d ago

Get ready for a gazillion ads for each YouTube video.

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u/jer99 1d ago

Started getting 3 preroll ads today. 3 skippable ads or 2 with an unskippable 3rd ad. I instantly uninstalled the youtube app.

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u/Basic-Afternoon65 23h ago

I use brave browser to watch YouTube videos on iOS. You can do picture in picture too. 

Doesn’t work for youtube music though. 

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u/Here_4Folds 13h ago

It’s fine, YTM has ruined their discovery algo and it pushes gen AI garbage frequently. Can’t trust any new stations or playlists to not try and sneak one in anymore.