This is the ideal tech worker. You may not like it, but this is what peak technology looks like.
10 seconds? That’s generous.
He’d skip after 3
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Get a job working for Google making anti-adblockers.
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Use your 20% time contributing to FOSS stealth adblocker and anti-anti-adblockers.
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???
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Profit for life
This was actually my life a few years ago.
I was hardening our applications to stop scraping and automation bots.
Then contributing to open-source to have better scraping and automation.
I wasn’t purposely creating loop holes or anything because that’s highly illegal. It’s about making sure both sides “play nice”, because the automation bots are frequently used by spammers/evildoers.
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Video hosting costs a lot of money. I wouldn’t expect that to be delivered for free
Youtube servers are terrible. Why not focus on offering a smoother experience? Then charge what you want.
What’s terrible about them? I have no issues here in west Europe
They had a good thing going. YouTube was far from unprofitable. But the skyrocketing density and plummeting quality of ads drove people to adblockers.
I suspect though, the day will soon come when ad-space is no longer quite so valuable.
