I'm growing a bit irate with YouTube, their whole "Buy a Subscription to remove the ads" strategy is pissing me off. A subscription for original content? Sure, why not. But monetizing each and every fucking video that goes online, then, after you've clicked past your 50th ad of the morning offering you a chance to upgrade to premium, without the ad, well, it's nothing short of insolence...It's not like they weren't making money, but greed always outs and 5 or 6 ads into a 60 minute video and I've had enough.
Google offers an interesting study, how a company grows from great ideals into the darkest of all possible dystopias, the same story with every tech startup (Apple included!!), how the desire to benefit users is perverted into the desire to make ever more money.
I'm glad I haven't thrown away my CD's...