Re:Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMC...
by carlosjobim on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:00PM
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I think life is too short to waste any time watching ads, with the absolutely minuscule chance that something relevant will be presented. My time is much more valuable than that, so I have nothing against paying for the content.
Re:Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMC...
by dspillett on Thursday July 13, 2023 @07:53AM
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> so I have nothing against paying for the content
In theory nor do I, as long as paying gets rid of the tracking as well as the adverts which I'm sure it won't, so for now I'll keep blocking the stalking (and adverts while they are intimately linked) and accepting sponsor segments.
Re:Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMC...
by carlosjobim on Thursday July 13, 2023 @11:35AM
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It is pretty obvious that if creators get paid based on the time people spend watching their videos, then that has to be tracked.
Of course, if you are so anti-advert that you can't accept the slightest possibility that a sponsor segment relevant to the clip you are consuming can't ever possibly be of interest to you, or you'd avoid it even if it would otherwise interest you simply because you were informed about it by a sponsor segment, then yes, automatically skipping won't make any difference. But I consider that thought process to be somewhat blinkered, perhaps even reductio ad absurdum.