When I access a site I’m downloading some markup. I’m free to render that markup in any way I desire. It’s my machine. My software. My experience. Nothing else should be able to dictate that to me.
Ads are harmful. They are used to spy on and build profiles of people across the internet, gaining knowledge along the way that is intrusive, without consent from who it’s spying on.
Sites are free to make money off their content. There are ways besides ads. Paywalls, subscriptions, donations, etc.
Point is, they can make money in ways that doesn’t require telling their users how to do things on their own computers and doesn’t involve forcing malware and spyware onto their users. Nothing is being stolen. The html document was delivered on the public web internet with no restrictions. It was even delivered with the code to run ads. It was given to the world. How the world renders that document cannot somehow change that into a theft.
ublock has always worked for YouTube ads, until the very recent crusade against adblocking.
Either you are misinformed, or you are flatout lying. I literally just tried it on Firefox with uBlock and after 10 videos, received 0 ads. See here for more context: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1etvawp/youtu... A simple Google Search of "does ublock origin block YouTube ads" disproves you.
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I'm the opposite, I get youtube premium as a side effect of paying for youtube music.
If you don't like that, then don't send people free web pages when they make HTTP requests. Make your web server return 402 Payment Required instead. If you send us free stuff with garbage included, don't blame us for deleting the garbage.
Every browser should have uBlock Origin. It should be literally built into the browser in fact, only conflicts of interest prevent that.
Somebody has to pay the compute bill and ads are mechanism to get some €€ back.
I do use ad blockers cuz a lot of sites are too ads heavy, but at least im not making up some ideology that im not ripping somebody off.
Be genuine and honest with yourself
From the parent comment: "If you don't like that, then don't send people free web pages when they make HTTP requests. Make your web server return 402 Payment Required instead"
If you prefer radical / extreme approaches, then do it with your content
See: people who use uBlock on YouTube and refuse to buy YouTube premium.