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[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In short, people with the money to spend can't be arsed to inconvenience themselves with self hosting or 'alternative' sources.

Folk without the money find a way through perceived necessity and maybe learn something on the way.

Then there's people with the money and the know-how who are just looking to save or do so on principle.

Younger generations grow up with subscriptions and black boxes that are not ultimately under their own control, and lack the knowledge to change it.

It's a sad state of affairs, but their tolerance for ads and subscription slop keeps attention away from people like me.