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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by jszymborski on Thursday May 11, 2023 @12:26AM (#35897483)
Ok, but one is far more likely to support a creator's patreon or personal website for exclusive content than pay for a heap of content that you are not enthusiastic about at best and is genuinely vile at worst.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by SllX on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:49AM (#35898625)
No, I’m far more likely to just pay for the heap of content and watch/listen to the stuff I like than to pay for the Patreon of every single channel I watch and/or subscribe to. I’m at a point now where if I even slightly like a channel I’ll throw it in the subscription heap as a signal to YouTube to show me more of it. Conversely, there are two Patreons I support, one is on YouTube and the other is a webcomic.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by Ruthalas on Thursday May 11, 2023 @09:25AM (#35901668)
In contrast with the sibling post, I do exactly this- support a wide variety of YouTube creators on Patreon.

I then use adblock and sponsorblock on YouTube. It seems like a good balance to me.

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by jszymborski on Thursday May 11, 2023 @09:46AM (#35901993)
Sponsorblock is truly a godsend. I hear the word VPN 100x less a day than I used to.
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