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Your phone doesn't force you to watch ads. Youtube (which has nothing to do with your phone) forces you to watch ads (if you don't have an adblocker)

thrower123 6y ago
Your phone doesn't allow you to run a browser that would let you use an adblocker.
- TACIXAT 6y ago
  Android has Firefox which has uBlock, as well as Firefox Focus. iOS has VPN based ad blocking compatible with Safari, I use AdGuard.
  - comprev 6y ago
    Or Musi for watching YT videos. Ad-free!
  - lotsofpulp 6y ago
    I don’t see any ads in Safari with Wipr.
tssva 6y ago
Youtube doesn't force you to watch ads. Pay for Youtube Premium and you will see no ads.
- arnoooooo 6y ago
  Thats sounds a lot like extorsion.
  - dmd 6y ago
    Restaurants extort me to pay for food if I want to eat there. It's shameful.
    - Supermancho 6y ago
      Paying for something not to happen is different than paying for something in return. Obviously.
      - xbmcuser 6y ago
        Ah no you pay the content creators by watching the ads with your time or the subscription.
        Supermancho 6y ago
        > Restaurants extort me to pay for food if I want to eat there. > Paying for something not to happen is different than paying for something in return. The rough metaphor about restaurants, is not an equivalent situation. --- > you pay the content creators by watching the ads with your time or the subscription To clarify, you believe that there is an ephemeral currency of attention. Your attention (which was to be directed at the content creator) can be redirected forcefully, unless you pay in money. I'd be remiss to call it outright extortion, but the parallel is there.
    - ixwt 6y ago
      A big difference I see is how much money does Google make me "watching"/skipping ads in a month? I find it hard to believe it's around $10/month. What are rates now a days?
    - _emacsomancer_ 6y ago
      Let them eat ads.
    - arnoooooo 6y ago
      I would not say that if youtube straight up asked for payment for their product and there were no ads. Instead, Youtube is pestering you with ads and asking for payment to stop doing so.
  - edge17 6y ago
    You know what they say. If you're not paying for the product, then you probably are the product.
  - nobleach 6y ago
    In the cases of both youtube and reddit, how would one suggest they pay for the developers, and their massive hosting costs? If not ad revenue, then what? Subscriptions? That's a hard veto from a high percentage of users.

thrower123 6y ago

Your phone doesn't allow you to run a browser that would let you use an adblocker.

TACIXAT 6y ago
Android has Firefox which has uBlock, as well as Firefox Focus. iOS has VPN based ad blocking compatible with Safari, I use AdGuard.
- comprev 6y ago
  Or Musi for watching YT videos. Ad-free!
- lotsofpulp 6y ago
  I don’t see any ads in Safari with Wipr.

tssva 6y ago

Youtube doesn't force you to watch ads. Pay for Youtube Premium and you will see no ads.

arnoooooo 6y ago
Thats sounds a lot like extorsion.
- dmd 6y ago
  Restaurants extort me to pay for food if I want to eat there. It's shameful.
  - Supermancho 6y ago
    Paying for something not to happen is different than paying for something in return. Obviously.
    - xbmcuser 6y ago
      Ah no you pay the content creators by watching the ads with your time or the subscription.
      - Supermancho 6y ago
        > Restaurants extort me to pay for food if I want to eat there. > Paying for something not to happen is different than paying for something in return. The rough metaphor about restaurants, is not an equivalent situation. --- > you pay the content creators by watching the ads with your time or the subscription To clarify, you believe that there is an ephemeral currency of attention. Your attention (which was to be directed at the content creator) can be redirected forcefully, unless you pay in money. I'd be remiss to call it outright extortion, but the parallel is there.
  - ixwt 6y ago
    A big difference I see is how much money does Google make me "watching"/skipping ads in a month? I find it hard to believe it's around $10/month. What are rates now a days?
  - _emacsomancer_ 6y ago
    Let them eat ads.
  - arnoooooo 6y ago
    I would not say that if youtube straight up asked for payment for their product and there were no ads. Instead, Youtube is pestering you with ads and asking for payment to stop doing so.
- edge17 6y ago
  You know what they say. If you're not paying for the product, then you probably are the product.
- nobleach 6y ago
  In the cases of both youtube and reddit, how would one suggest they pay for the developers, and their massive hosting costs? If not ad revenue, then what? Subscriptions? That's a hard veto from a high percentage of users.