Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ...
by kibwen on Friday June 30, 2023 @12:05PM
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It's sad to see this sort of thing on HN. A web browser is a user agent that operates on behalf of the user. Let's say it again for emphasis: the web browser serves the user, not the site owner. The user is free to manipulate the received web page however they see fit. If the site operator wants to get paid, they can put the service behind a login paywall, or else they can go pound sand. There has never, ever been an obligation for users to respect the wishes of site owners; once it is off your server and on my machine, it is my data to do with as I see fit, including blocking whatever ads the data happens to contain.
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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ...
by judge2020 on Friday June 30, 2023 @12:06PM
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> If the site operator doesn't like it, they can put the service behind a paywall or they can go pound sand.
see: > YouTube has every right to try to punish this behavior or stop providing their service to you - such as by blocking ads, or even by deleting your account.
Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ...
by kibwen on Friday June 30, 2023 @12:50PM
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That doesn't absolve the first sentence that attempts to frame adblocking as theft. This is playing into the propaganda from companies like Google that are attempting to ahistorically distort the social contract by asserting that they control the content that is displayed on my screen, which is not how the web works or has ever worked. It's not "stealing", "freeloading", "privateering", it's a public resource that companies have imposed themselves upon and are now attempting to assert ownership of.