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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by Mordisquitos on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:56AM (#29378017)
> Again, they give you the options: subscription model or ad-based model.

They offer those options, but the fact remains that there is a third option: ad-free no-subscription model.

As a user of the ad-free no-subscription model, I give them two options: internalise the costs of people taking the third option, or spend time and resources trying to make the third option technically impossible.

Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by Someone on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:24AM (#29378560)
As a user of the ad-free no-subscription model you can’t become their customer. There is no requirement for any business to offer to sell you exactly what you want.

You can’t buy a word processor without non-English dictionaries, buy a fivepack of beer, buy half an apple, etc.

That’s no reason to then find it reasonable to take that, let alone take that for free.