Comment on YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave

• nicetriangle@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ad blocking is not piracy. That's like saying that muting ads on broadcast TV is piracy. Get the boot out of your mouth.

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  • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You are very much stealing the right to distribution and revenue for creators as well as YouTube.

    It’s amazing to see folks still try this tired argument.

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    • nicetriangle@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You are very much stealing

      No, no you are not

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      • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes. You don’t believe rights can be stolen?

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    • kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can pry the mute button from my cold dead heads.

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      • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Is that a part of the terms of use? Do you honestly believe that would be enforced under US law? Irrelevant then.

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• DemSpud@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Adblocking isn’t piracy though…

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  • camelbeard@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”

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• TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I bet you think "right click, inspect, delete <element>" is piracy too.

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  • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you’re breaking the terms of service to access the service for free absolutely. People have a right to distribute their content as they see fit within the confines of the law. You’re stealing that right. You’d all lose your shit if companies just started ignoring GPL and you all certainly would be calling it theft.

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• takeda@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh, go ahead and let them place YouTube behind the paywall. We need some new players in this area.

  I’m the product in the current YouTube business model, why should I care about their profits?

  Also I promise I won’t be whining if YouTube shuts down. I will be celebrating. For now, as they hold monopoly, I will watch them however I wish and help anyone else do the same.

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  • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I never said you should care 🤷‍♂️

    I said you shouldn’t be shocked when freeloaders continue to be locked down.

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• eskimofry@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lol jokes on you. They wouldn’t dare make it completely paywalled.

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  • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    👌

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