Re:YouTube's new anti-adblock measures
by nemomarx on Saturday June 21, 2025 @02:37PM
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If a product needs to pay people to talk about it, it must not have organic buzz and popularity. Think VPNs sponsoring YouTubers, or those cheap wireless earbuds from a small brand. I wouldn't trust their quality.
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Exactly why I do not own any Apple or Google products or have any subscription services. Advertise to me products I can not actually own or control for myself and I hate you.
Genuinely wondering as I would love to say what you did in your first sentence: what devices do you use? Are the Asian built phones better, or do you use a smartphone at all?
Not carried a phone in 5 years. Smart or otherwise.
When I am at a laptop or desktop I am online. When I am not, I am offline.
Re:YouTube's new anti-adblock measures
by Dylan16807 on Saturday June 21, 2025 @04:41PM
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Personally my guess for VPN, earbuds, food delivery is that the quality is fine but it costs an extra 50% to pay for the ads.