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Re:Nvidia’s latest GPU drivers can upscale old blurry YouTub... by justinclift on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @07:00PM (#34976743)
> I pay for Youtube to avoid ads

As Google clearly doesn't respect your boundaries, maybe stop giving them money?

eg stop rewarding them for their current behaviour

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Re:Nvidia’s latest GPU drivers can upscale old blurry YouTub... by Bluecobra on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @08:57PM (#34977780)
I choose to pay for YouTube Premium to support the content creators. I doubt they will get paid if I used an ad blocker.
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Re:Nvidia’s latest GPU drivers can upscale old blurry YouTub... by justinclift on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @06:36PM (#34989916)
Interesting. Most of the content creators I tend to watch (not that many really) organise their own sponsorships. eg "This video brought to you by XYZ"

For those, using an ad blocker won't make much difference. But I guess if the content creators important to you are relying on youtube's monetisation, they would indeed be affected.

Not sure how else to send a signal to Youtube though, as they only seem to care about revenue. Seems like there's only that one lever that can be pulled. eg "ad blocker or not?"

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