Re:YouTube's Anti-Adblock and uBlock Origin
by ketzo on Sunday October 29, 2023 @06:42PM
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If you care enough to describe advertising as “mind rape,” why use the service at all?
Why should you be allowed to take a thing from them without paying for it in some way? Just because you are technically able?
Re:YouTube's Anti-Adblock and uBlock Origin
by matheusmoreira on Sunday October 29, 2023 @07:39PM
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Because I'm not "taking" anything. They're the ones who send people stuff for free. They're more than capable of returning HTTP 402 Payment Required instead of a video stream. If they send me ads instead I'll delete them.
Let me give it a try then.
As part of part of our cognitive functions, our attention is inalienable. It is ours. It's not theirs to sell off to the highest bidder. It's not currency to pay for services with. They do not get to insert brands and taglines into our minds without our consent. Advertising is mind rape and ad blocking is justified self-defense. I literally don't care how many billions they lose, I will block ads, I will help others block ads and I won't lose even one second of sleep over it. They are not entitled to our attention. Their choices are to charge money up front or to deal with it. If they send us ads, we'll delete them.