Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

Re:Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update by layer8 on Saturday July 12, 2025 @05:48PM (#44545481)

I mean, yeah, if you don’t actually get much use out of YouTube, then it might not be worth it to you. But that’s the same for all streaming services. And I wasn’t commenting on whether it’s worth it or not, which of course is subjective, but on how big an expense it is in absolute terms. The former doesn’t relate to the “higher net worth ads” argument, the latter does.

Personally I do like YouTube Music, due to all the user-uploaded content that isn’t available on other platforms.

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Re:Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update by h2zizzle on Saturday July 12, 2025 @06:22PM (#44545688)

$12 is a week of chicken thighs, man. It's enough gas to make $60-$80 running UberEats orders. In America. In "absolute terms", it's $100+ dollars a year to turn off ads on a single platform for content the creators are compensated pennies for.

People who choose that without much thought - because it's barely an expense for them - are definitely tending towards "higher net worth" nationally, let alone globally. A lot of those people just don't realize it, because the entire point of seeking that kind of status is so that they can enter a socioeconomic bubble and not have to care about annoyances (like advertising).

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