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Youtube adblock blocking (self.piracy)

submitted 1 year ago by HumanPerson to c/[email protected]

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I know the topic of whether adblock is piracy is debated, but I am guessing there are a lot of adblock users here and I was wondering if anyone has seen the youtube adblock warning message in the wild. I use ublock origin and still haven't seen it once.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I disagree with the "it's their platform" argument, but I definitely agree with you that people should stop complaining about YouTube ads so much.

They give you an option to both remove the ads and support the creators you watch. They support billions of hours worth of content watching each year and millions of hours of content storage, across the world, for free if you so choose. Seems quite generous.

I'd bet most people watch YouTube almost as much as Netflix or Hulu, again for free, and still complain about YouTube serving ads. The solution is to just pay for premium. They even give you music streaming with it anyway.