>there's really no excuse on youtube except "I'm a cheap shit"

or perhaps the slightly more valid excuse of "i don't live in australia, mexico, korea, new zealand, or the united states"

That's not an excuse. They're short ads, not paywalls.

I literally can't buy Youtube Red. I would have done and I'd probably never have moved to Spotify if I could, but I can't so I'll just block their ads because they're awful. One day they might let me pay them, but unless their originals become competitive with Netflix I probably can't be bothered now.

That'd be nice if I could actually buy their subscription. In the mean time... I'm well within my moral and legal rights to filter what content actually plays on my computer.

I refuse to pay for youtube to watch pirated material something just doesn't sit right with me about that

ymmv

Please don't cross into incivility. Both sides of classic arguments need to stay civil and substantive to avoid the usual downward spiral.

Yeah, sorry, I get that. I just really got caught off guard.