Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads

Re:Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extensio... by Retr0id on Sunday November 19, 2023 @04:24AM (#38330818)

I do block ads as an act of civil disobedience. I also pay for services, when I consider it to be appropriate. The problems with the ad industry run much deeper than ads merely being annoying to look at.

It is bad that anyone is ever subjected to ads.

We're talking about this right now on a web service given to us as an act of charity (modulo the occasional sponsored job listing), and I'd like more of the web to be like that. Refusing to participate in the ad revenue model makes sites like this more likely to arise.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extensio... by hiq on Sunday November 19, 2023 @04:56AM (#38331038)

> We're talking about this right now on a web service given to us as an act of charity (modulo the occasional sponsored job listing)

I think your modulo is missing some aspects. How many VCs are as famous as YC among tech workers? How many of them have as much credibility in the tech scene as YC? How much of that comes from this site?

I don't know how much it costs to run it, but I assume it's peanuts compared with what YC gets out of it. I wouldn't confuse altruistic charity (e.g. donating anonymously to a cause you don't personally benefit from) with what boils down to sponsorship and getting the goodwill that comes with it.

[ Parent | on HN ]