>>178395
>has anyone made an infograph about Google's data-slurping?
Not as far as I know.
>But still, how many pipes did they build to syphon user stats?
That's also not accounting for sites that do it all on their end, like Startpage and SearX.
>>178397
>How exactly does Google benefit from a handful of people stealing their bandwidth using a third-party site without giving ad views?
Because they still control the content people are able to access.
> It's not like they're some videogame site trying to get ad clients by bragging about how many raw hits they get, it's Google.
Yeah, and they're worse because, as of now, you either exist on Jewtube or you don't exist at all. Which is why the point is to boost up competitors to them.
> And you completely ignored the argument that, since the cost in effort for posters is significantly higher, that can easily mean it's not worth it even if the overall effect for Google is slightly beneficial.
How is denying Jewtube attention at all "beneficial" for them?
> You could dig corrupt journos or something and it would be a much better use of time than turning every irrelevant video into a webm.
No, it's not. It's the little things in life that give companies and people power. Look at browser you're using, the operating system the browser is installed on, and the device the OS is operating on. Every single step of that small process is giving someone power over someone else.
> Or if people avoided posting videos entirely rather than go to the bother, it could hurt discussion and thus be not worth it overall.
Where did I say people shouldn't post videos at all?
All I am saying is that you should post the video from another site entirely, or just link it to your post.
> If it was really taboo it wouldn't have been in the OP for years without people complaining.
Or, it shows the issue that people don't read nor care about the OP.
For example,
WITHOUT clicking on it right now, do you even know if those video links are still active? When was the last time you clicked on them?
For me, I think it was around 2018.
> Sites like invidious have long been considered an acceptable compromise that avoid giving Google ad-views
No, they haven't. Back when Invidious first gained popularity, and even earlier with Hooktube, Anons did some digging and pointed out that using front-ends did minimal damage to Jewgle, even the part about "denying views" was false. However, a few months later, a Kiwi shot up a mosque, the site was takendown, we were bouncing around different makeshift imageboards for almost a year, then China exported Corona-chan, then the Floyd riots, then the craziness of the 2020 election,...and people never really got a break to breath and worry about the small stuff.