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A comment on YouTube's new anti-adblock measures. Parent comment

Re:YouTube's new anti-adblock measures by edwardbernays on Friday June 20, 2025 @07:43PM (#44333175)
No, I'm going to continue watching YouTube while also avoiding their ads. If they want to engage in an adversarial relationship then I will as well. Until there's another competitor in the space that provides the same value, I will just take value from the only game in town. They don't owe me their service, but I also don't owe a bad faith monopolist anything. I do pay for premium, and I also block all of their analytics and ads at the network level.

EDIT: also, I think everyone should block ads. We should snub advertisers and surveillers all of the time. If they want to be hostile towards users, users should be hostile towards them.

Capitalists have had it too good for too long. It's time consumers stop caring about how the poor capitalist will make their dime.

Until the capitalists take the time to respect us, the consumers, we don't owe them anything.

It's time for reciprocity. If they're hostile, we reciprocate. If they're cooperative, we reciprocate.

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Re:YouTube's new anti-adblock measures by crazygringo on Friday June 20, 2025 @08:02PM (#44333277)
> I do pay for premium

You pay for Premium?

Then why are you complaining about ads when you don't even see them?

And why are you talking about being hostile to a company when you pay them every month?

I'm even more confused than before.

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Re:YouTube's new anti-adblock measures by nickthegreek on Friday June 20, 2025 @09:46PM (#44333803)
giving them $13/month is not being hostile to them, it’s being a long term customer. they have exactly the relationship they want with you, minus your adblocking. i too pay for premium, run a pihole and use ubo. i pay for premium because the company sells a quality product at a good price and adfree. sponsor segments is another thing, but solveable. i also use sponsorblock and have a docker setup to autoskip segments on devices connected to my wifi. but out of all streaming services out there, yt actually seems like the least vampiric.
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