• Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They are popular, because it’s a way to squeeze out extra money out of the users (often in addition to paying for the product) and since the software is proprietary the users often can’t do anything about it.

    Btw notice how most youtubers turned into salesmen that want to sell you something in each video and their sponsored segments are often minutes long.