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While I'm not partial to ads, it costs money to make content. If you don't want to pay for that content, it seems unseemly to deny the content creator the incom
by lordleft 7y ago
While I'm not partial to ads, it costs money to make content. If you don't want to pay for that content, it seems unseemly to deny the content creator the income stream they've created, instead of just not viewing the content.
Of course ads are getting more and more obnoxious, so there's a lot of gray here, especially as I'm finding mobile sites almost unusable thanks to advertising.
- gpm 7y agoIf the social "contract" that the content creator is offering is that you must watch the ads to view the content, I'd be somewhat partial to your argument. As an example MLG does (used to do?) that, and I just didn't watch their content as a result. That's not the social contract that either youtube itself or youtubers are offering. You can skip the ads, they make no attempt to block you from watching the video if you skip the ads.
- michaelmrose 7y agoIt's not even gray. There is no obligation to view their attempts at manipulation.